Decision and Dissent: The Fourth Power Plant in Newark’s Ironbound by Devin Crespo Site Description: The Ironbound, located in Newark New Jersey, is home to a largely working class and multicultural population of about 50,000 residents. It is a neighborhood of diverse...
The High Cost of High Tech: Environmental and Social Effects of AI Data Centers in Secaucus, New Jersey (2020–Present)
The High Cost of High Tech: Environmental and Social Effects of AI Data Centers in Secaucus, New Jersey (2020–Present) by Samad LambSite Description: The Secaucus is a town located in Hudson County, New Jersey's Meadowlands region, a dangerously prone to flooding...
Living in fear in Camden and Pennsauken (N.J.) over proposed waste to energy Incinerators, (1970’s- early 1990’s)
Living in fear in Camden and Pennsauken (N.J.) over proposed waste to energy Incinerators, (1970’s- early 1990’s) by Luis RamirezSite Description:My research topic will be based on the Landfill Crisis of the 1970's, and how the State of New Jersey decided to build...
Taking our Power Back: The 2023 Build Public Renewables Act in New York & Making Climate a Popular Movement
Taking our Power Back: The 2023 Build Public Renewables Act in New York & Making Climate a Popular Movement by Anjali MadgulaSite Description: In 2023, New York state passed the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). This landmark bill authorizes the New York Power...
Cost of the Greater Good: The Erosion of Trust at Carlsbad New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Cost of the Greater Good: The Erosion of Trust at Carlsbad New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant by Andres VelezSite Description:My location is the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) situated near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The relevant parties to my topic are the...
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s
From Pride to Prejudice: How Egyptian Politics Sculpted the World’s Largest “Garbage City”, 1940-1970s by Arthanious ShafikSite Description:Mansheyet Nasser is a district of Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is one of the largest metropolises in the middle east. Known as the...
Lithium Mining
Lithium Mining in the Atacama Salt Flats, Chile: How the Strive for Environmentally Sustainable Vehicles is Doing More Harm Than Good by Patrycja SzwarcSite Description: Although there are a number of companies who mine lithium in the Atacama Desert in Chile, I want...
California’s Black Heroin
Los Angeles Urban Oil Drilling: California’s Black Heroin by J. SedilloSite Description: Oil was discovered in Los Angeles County in the early 1890’s, the ‘Los Angeles Oil Field’ was once the top producing oil field in California. Though Los Angeles county is the...
If I Sign
“If I Sign, They’ll Mine”: A Comparison Between Differing Native American Perspectives on Energy Extraction by Lauren MaffiaSite Description: Approximately 30% of the total amount of coal and oil in the United States rests in or near Indian Reservations. In Montana,...
Uranium Mines
Uranium Mines, the “Hidden” Poison of the Navajo Nation: How Anti-Nuclear Campaigns restricted progress for Navajo activism by Nicholas KennySite Description: This research paper is set in the mid-20th century, during the beginning of the nuclear arms races between...