The Killer Pharmaceutical Plant: The Napp Chemical Mixing Environmental Disaster in Lodi, NJ from 1995 to Present by Stephen KotarskySite Description:The town of Lodi, NJ was the site of one of the most deadly chemical mixing disasters the state of New Jersey had...
The Forgotten Factory: Industrial Latex in Wallington, N.J., 1983-2016
The Forgotten Factory: A Story of EPA Neglect and Propaganda, Industrial Latex in Wallington NJ by Juan AlzateSite Description:In the town of Wallington NJ, there was a glue factory named Industrial Latex that operated from 1951 to 1983. After its closure, it was...
American Military Pollution on Okinawa, 1945 to Today
Paradise Lost: American Military Pollution on Okinawa, 1945 to Today by Maxwell LiSite Description:The island of Okinawa is the southernmost prefecture of Japan and is home to over 1.3 million people. Due to its strategic location along the Western Pacific, a large...
Resilient or Repeating Mistakes? Flood Management and Urban Planning in Atlantic City, NJ, Since 2012-present
Resilient or Repeating Mistakes? Flood Management and Urban Planning in Atlantic City, NJ, Since 2012-present by Vaidehi PatelSite Description:In Atlantic City, two realities exist side by side. On its postcard-ready shoreline, neighborhoods like Chelsea and Lower...
Beneath the Dust Cloud: Residents Stop DOKA’s Plan to Pollute Wallington, NJ with Concrete Dust (2017)
Beneath the Dust Cloud: Residents Stop DOKA’s Plan to Pollute Wallington, NJ with Concrete Dust (2017) Site Description:Since 1970, Farmland Fresh Dairies has been the owner and operator of Consolidated Dairies, a milk processing plant, located in Wallington,...
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro by C.M. FreitasSite Description:This report focuses on the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents the history of two impactful...
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...
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark 1960s-1990s
Igniting the SPARK: Portuguese Ironbound and the struggle for Environmental Justice in Newark, N.J., 1960s-1990s by Ethan JardimSite Description: Riverbank Park Protests, Newark Public Library Internet ArchiveIn 1995, the Newark city government proposed a plan to...
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...
Produce-ing Nutritional Equality: Comparing Grocery Store Strategies in Urban Food Deserts—Philadelphia and the South Bronx, 2000s–2010s
Produce-ing Nutritional Equality: Comparing Grocery Store Strategies in Urban Food Deserts—Philadelphia and the South Bronx, 2000s–2010s by Samantha Horne Site Description:Food deserts, areas without reasonable access to fresh produce and other healthy staples, span...