Publicly Owned Renewables: How did NYC’s Build Public Renewable Act happen? by Anjali MadgulaSite Description:In 2023, New York state passed the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). This landmark bill authorizes the New York Power Authority to build publicly owned...
Primary Sources
Haulsley, Kuwana. “Architecture Work Lets Students Build Ironbound Dreams.” The Star Ledger, April 23, 1998. Newark Parks- Essex Co. Parks. Newark Public Library....
Secondary Source Bibliography
DaCosta Holton, Kimberly., and Andrea. Klimt. Community, Culture and the Makings of Identity : Portuguese-Americans along the Eastern Seaboard. Portuguese in the Americas Series ; 11. North Dartmouth, Mass: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Center for Portuguese...
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...
Agent Orange in Newark, New Jersey
Agent Orange Caselaw: How Lawsuits by Vietnam Veterans, Vietnamese Citizens, and Newark Residents Transformed Toxic Tort Litigation (1960-2008) by AB StudentSite Description:Diamond Alkali produced more than 700,000 gallons of Agent Orange at 80 -120 Lister Avenue in...
Children’s Health in Newark’s Ironbound Neighborhood
The longterm health, social and economic effects on infants and children growing up in Newark resulting from decades of industrial environmental pollution By Jim MullerySite Description: The impact of industrial and residential pollutants in the city of Newark has...
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...
Sargassum on Vacation
Sargassum on Vacation: Algal Blooms as an Impetus for Social and Environmental Change on the Mexican Caribbean by Ronnie VesnaverSite Description: This project will focus on the Mexican Caribbean. Specifically, it will highlight the beach towns on the island of...
Farms to Cradle
Farms to Cradle: Inequity in Preserving the Garden State’s Green Belt by Donovan KirklandSite Description: This project examines the inequities of farmland preservation and New Jersey. As defined by the state, “New Jersey’s farmlands are the foundation for a strong...
The Government or Ronson
The Government or Ronson: Who’s to blame for the poisoning of Ironbound citizens? by Alexandra Vidal Site Description: The modern-day Ronson site consists of 19 family homes that are at continuous risk of vapor intrusion from an industrial chemical Trichloroethylene...