The Perfect Storm: How Hazardous Waste Cleanups from the 1980s-2000s Exacerbate the Dangers of Modern Flooding in Manville, NJ By Brock ShahinianSite Description:I am studying how the legacy of pollution impacts the current flooding problems in Manville, NJ. An...
Reduce, Ruse, Recycle: Waste Management Discriminations Against Paterson NJ’s Arab American Community (1990-2024)
Reduce, Ruse, Recycle: Waste Management Discriminations Against Paterson NJ's Arab American Community (1990-2024) Yousef MortajaSite Description: GAETA Recycling began operations 1990 in the midst of a vibrant Arab American community in Southern Paterson, NJ. More...
Buried Toxicity: Corporate Dumping and the Politics of Superfund Cleanup at the Ringwood Mines Landfill, 1960s–2006
Buried Toxicity: Corporate Dumping and the Politics of Superfund Cleanup at the Ringwood Mines Landfill, 1960s–2006 by Jinan HussainSite Description: Ringwood Mines Landfill is a 500 acre Superfund site located in Ringwood, New Jersey in a historic iron mining area...
Taking our Power Back: The 2023 Build Public Renewables Act in New York & Making Climate a Popular Movement
Taking our Power Back: The 2023 Build Public Renewables Act in New York & Making Climate a Popular Movement by Anjali MadgulaSite Description: In 2023, New York state passed the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). This landmark bill authorizes the New York Power...
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...
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...