A 900-acre forest popular with trail runners and mountain bikers in Carrboro, N.C. may soon be bulldozed by the University of North Carolina.

Twenty years ago, a groundbreaking study by the Environmental Justice Resource Center showed a disproportionate amount of minorities were living close to hazardous waste facilities in the U.S. The study suggested that the government placed the waste facilities in neighborhoods of low economic means and no political voice, and it gave birth to the term, “environmental racism.”

Since 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been the principal source of funds for acquiring land for public outdoor recreation in the United States. It is funded primarily by royalties paid by offshore oil and gas drilling companies.

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