What is Environmental racism?
[[File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Photograph from 1892 of a pile of [[American bison]] skulls in Detroit (MI) waiting to be ground for fertilizer or charcoal. The [[United States Army]] encouraged massive hunts of [[American bison]] to force Native Americans off their traditional lands and into reservations further west. This is considered an early example of environmental racism.]] [[File:Bougainville_Panguna_mine_shovel.jpg|thumb|[[Panguna copper mine]] under construction, 1971, in [[Papua New Guinea]] The indigenous people from [[Bougainville Island]] suffered more than others, from the construction of the mine. ]] [[File:Texaco_in_Ecuador.jpg|thumb|253x253px|Aftermath of [[Lago Agrio oil field]] in [[Ecuador]].. [[Texaco]] constructed the oil field, but didn't properly dispose of hazardous waste. In 1993, 30.000 people, from ethnic minorities filed a lawsuit against the company.<ref>Copland, Liesl; Kamen, Jon; Berlinger, Joe. 2009. Crude: The Real Price of Oil; United States. Entendre Films, Red Envelope Entertainment.</ref> Additionally, UN experts have said that Afro-Ecuadorians and other people of African descent in Ecuador have faced greater challenges than other groups in accessing clean water, with minimal response from the State.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ecuador: Discrimination and Environmental Racism Against People of African descent Must End, Say UN Experts|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25452&LangID=E|website=United Nations Office of the High Commissioner}}</ref>]] Many countries make rules to protect the environment. These rules can be laws, guidelines, or regulations. Ideally, these rules affect all groups in society in the same way. When this is not the case, and one group or community is affected more than the others, this is known as '''environmental racism'''. As is common with [[racism]], the groups are defined based on [[Race (sociology)|race]], or skin color; sometimes on [[income]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bullard|first=Robert|date=2012-