Beneath the Grass; An investigation on Whether Liberty State Park's 19th-Century Industrial Past led to Environmental Injustice in Jersey City, New Jersey by Nataly Mendez Site Description: With a stunning view of the Statue of Liberty, the peaceful Liberty State...
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 – Present)
When Water Turns into Poison: Race, Women, Class, and the Fight for Clean Water in Flint, Michigan (2014 - Present) by Calixte AbandaSite Description:In 2014, Flint, a city in Michigan, became known around the world because of the water crisis that started there. To...
The Killer Pharmaceutical Plant: The Napp Chemical Mixing Environmental Disaster in Lodi, NJ from 1995 to Present
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...
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present)
From Contaminated Land to Promised Remediation: The Prolonged Cleanup of a Toxic Waste Site at Perth Amboy, NJ’s Future Borinqueneer Park (2003-Present) by Armani RomanSite Description:The Borinqueneer Park, previously known as 2nd Street Park, will be developed in...
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,...
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...