Segregation Over Safety:Suburbanization of Staten Island Via Fresh Kills Landfill (1948-2021) by J. LopezSite Description: Staten Island, or in more legal terms Richmond County, used to house the largest landfill in the world, opened in 1948. Fresh Kills Landfill was...
RPM Act
The RPM Act: How will the act affect us all in Englishtown, NJ (1972-2021) by Jason JimenezSite Description: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) is an act that allows those who modify their vehicles for the purpose of racing. Currently our street...
Lead and Arsenic Poisoning
Lead and Arsenic Poisoning by U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery in East Chicago, Indiana over the last Century by N. HomSite Description: East Chicago is in the northwest corner of Indiana, near the border between Indiana and Illinois and on the coastline of Lake...
Proposed Sewer Plant
Proposed Sewer Plant near Musconetcong River could have negative environmental impacts and locals are demanding alternatives. by J. HaugSite Description: The sewer plant is only part of a proposed housing development project on Valley Road in Hampton Borough, NJ. The...
Bye Bye, Hydrogen Sulfide
Bye Bye, Hydrogen Sulfide: How a Grassroot Movement in Kearny, New Jersey Shut Down a Local Toxic Landfill by Victoria GarzianoSite Description: Keegan Landfill is a dumping ground located in Kearny, New Jersey. When opened in the 1950’s, this landfill was used to...
Burning Passions and Burning Waste
Burning Passions and Burning Waste: How Economics Took Precedence Over the Local Community during the Redevelopment of the PJP Landfill in Jersey City, New Jersey From 1970 to 2021 by Matthew TrochimSite Description: The PJP landfill is located in Jersey City, NJ near...
You Gotta Fight
You Gotta Fight, For Your Right, For Clean Water:How the Contaminated Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey Has Caused Wildlife and Low-Income Minorities to Fight for Clean Water and a Healthy Lifestyle by Jacob RappaportSite Description: My project is focusing on the...
Clean Our Water
“Clean Our Water, Wash Out Wilda”: Contaminated Tap Water, 2019 Perth Amboy Grassroots Activism, and the Lack of Governmental Response” by Victoria NguyenSite Description: My site is the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It is rather general because it is not clear...
In Dirty Water
In Dirty Water: How Political Power and Gentrification Resulted in the Unequal Drinking Water in Camden’s Neighborhoods, 1970 – 2000 by Alex ChangSite Description: The site I chose, Camden NJ, is located in South Jersey and it borders Philadelphia Pennsylvania...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How the Public Awareness of Contamination Affected Cleanup Efforts in the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Superfund Site from 1978 to 2020 by Matthew TrochimSite Description: The Pohatcong Valley is a geographic term rather than a political...