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...
DuPont Dumping: How the Pompton Lakes (N.J.) Community Rose Above Against Decades of Environmental Damage by DuPont (1980s-2010s)
DuPont Dumping: How the Pompton Lakes (N.J.) Community Rose Above Against Decades of Environmental Damage by DuPont (1980s-2010s) by Aiden BanSite Description:Having access to a safe environment with pure water, soil, and air is a necessity that many Americans take...
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...