Water Pollution in Minotola, NJ that effected the residential citizens and businesses nearby in the 1980s by Iona SmithSite Description:Minotola, NJ is a small city located in Atlantic County. The racial population consists of 82% White, 10.3% African American,...
Proposed Sewer Plant near Musconetcong River could have negative environmental impacts and locals are demanding alternatives. by J. HaugSite Description: The sewer plant is only part of a proposed housing development project on Valley Road in Hampton Borough, NJ. The...
Burning Passions and Burning Waste: How Economics Took Precedence Over the Local Community during the Redevelopment of the PJP Landfill in Jersey City, New Jersey From 1970 to 2021 by Matthew TrochimSite Description: The PJP landfill is located in Jersey City, NJ near...
You Gotta Fight, For Your Right, For Clean Water:How the Contaminated Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey Has Caused Wildlife and Low-Income Minorities to Fight for Clean Water and a Healthy Lifestyle by Jacob RappaportSite Description: My project is focusing on the...
“Clean Our Water, Wash Out Wilda”: Contaminated Tap Water, 2019 Perth Amboy Grassroots Activism, and the Lack of Governmental Response” by Victoria NguyenSite Description: My site is the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It is rather general because it is not clear...
The Brumadinho Dam Disaster:Rape and Pillaging of the Rainforest and Gross Negligence Against Latinos by a Multinational Corporation by Johnny Alexander Tablada-RodríguezSite Description: On 25 January 2019, a dam holding 9.7 million cubic meters of mining sludge...
The Prolonged Suffocation of the Bronx: A look at the absence of any bright and clear future for clean air for the residents of Mott Haven by Michael LukijaniukSite Description: I am looking to analyze and discuss the negative health effects on the residents of Mott...
A Frog in Boiling Water is Being Taken Advantage of by a Bogus ‘Recycling’ Facility in Carteret, New Jersey by Rabiya KhanSite Description: The delta of the Rahway River is bordered with factories and industrial complexes. It acts as a natural border for northeast New...
3M, the Tennessee River, and PFAS: A History of Pollution by Taylor HawkinsSite Description: 3M admitted in an April 2019 letter to the EPA that it had been illegally releasing FBSA and FBSEE chemicals into the Tennessee River from the company’s Decatur, AL...
Oyster Occupation: A Look Into The Oyster Industry In Raritan Bay by Erik AleksanyanSite Description: Bordering New York and New Jersey is a small river named the Arthur Kill. Pre 1900’s the river was teeming with wild oyster beds ready to be caught and enjoyed by...