Camden's Helpless by Luis RamirezSite Description:My research topic will be based upon the Camden garbage incinerator located in Camden, New Jersey. The timeline I want to focus on is the 1980s to early 1990s, from the moment the incinerator was proposed to the moment...
Andres Velez Project Title
Cost of the Greater Good: The Environmental Stalemate at 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 Federal...
Aiden Ban Project Title
DuPont in Pompton Lakes by Aiden BanSite Description:Having access to safe drinking water is a necessity that many Americans take for granted. Water contaminated with dangerous chemicals can lead to various negative health effects to citizens within a community....
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...
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...
Shadows of Steel: Environmental Injustice and Marginalized Communities in Pittsburgh, 1945-1980.
Shadows of Steel: Environmental Injustice and Marginalized Communities in Pittsburgh, 1945-1980. by Joey CraskaSite Description:This site will dive into the affects that the Pittsburgh steel mills had on its surrounding communities and the groups of people it affected...
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...
E Pluribus Unum
E Pluribus Unum: How A Small New Jersey Suburb Received One of The Most Complicated Cleanups in EPA History (1979-2021) by Gabe M. WeirSite Description:In the 1920s, on the border of Glen Ridge and Orange, NJ, the US Radium Company operated a factory where radium...

South Jersey Clothing Company Water Pollution in Minotola, N.J.
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,...