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...
A Tale of Two Cities: Stories of Race, Place, and Lead Contamination in Trenton, New Jersey and Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1950-1960
A Tale of Two Cities: Stories of Race, Place, and Lead Contamination in Trenton, New Jersey and Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1950-1960 by Gabriella ZalotSite Description:“Trenton makes, the world takes.” Although this reference to Trenton’s successful, industrial history...
A Split City: The Cross Bronx Expressway
A Split City: The Destruction of the South Bronx by Qudsiya SyeddaSite Description:Popular drill rapper Ice Spice once said "We both from the Bronx, so I know that you dirty(dirty)" in her song No Clarity. The Bronx borough has longtime had the repuation of being an...
Muriel Rukeyser’s Environmental Justice Poetics
Gauley Bridge, WV’s Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster and the Proto-Environmental Justice Poetics of Muriel Rukeyser by Corey D ClawsonSite Description:In the years preceding the Great Depression, a project rerouting the New River was developed in order to generate...
Coal Ash in Uniontown, Alabama
“That smell ... it makes you want to vomit”: Uniontown, Alabama’s Fight Against Pollution (2000 - 2022) Jozy BentleySite Description: Uniontown, Alabama is a small (predominantly, 90.6%) black city that sits in Perry County. The people of this community have been...
The Struggle in Front of Toxics
The Struggle In Front of Toxics:The Unequal Hazardous Waste Distribution in Northeast Detroit (1974-2021) by Jui-Cheng Ryan WuSite Description:Since the mid-19th century, Detroit has been a center of industries and commerce of Michigan, it’s significance especially...
A Fight for Clean Water in Newark
A Fight for Clean Water in Newark: How Citizens Took Action When Their Government Failed to Ensure Good Water Quality (2016-2021) by Noah ThomasSite Description:Three years after Newark noticed its tap/drinking water showed unsafe levels of lead in its water the city...
Warren County 2.0
Warren County 2.0: The Unequal Hazardous Waste Distribution In Northeast Detroit by Jui-Cheng Ryan WuSite Description: Since the mid-19th century, Detroit has been a center of industries and commerce of Michigan, it’s significance especially escalated as the...
It’s Raining Dogs, Cats, and Injustice
It’s Raining Dogs, Cats, and Injustice: Systematic Oppression Towards Pet Owners in the City of Newark by Katherine DeMottieSite Description: In post-war America, pet ownership has become a staple of many households. Dogs and cats specifically have proven themselves...