Seneca Meadows, NY's one stop shop for all its garbage needs by Michael SchoberSite Description: Project Description: Fresh Kills Landfill was opened in 1948 with the purpose of giving New York City's Trash a home and by 1955 it had become the largest Landfill...
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...
A Fight for Clean Water in Newark
A Fight for Clean Water in Newark: How Citizens Took Action When Their Government Failed to Ensure Good Water Quality (2016-2021) by Noah ThomasSite Description:Three years after Newark noticed its tap/drinking water showed unsafe levels of lead in its water the city...
South Jersey Clothing Company Water Pollution in Minotola, N.J.
Water Pollution in Minotola, NJ that effected the residential citizens and businesses nearby in the 1980s by Iona SmithSite Description:Minotola, NJ is a small city located in Atlantic County. The racial population consists of 82% White, 10.3% African American,...
Warren County 2.0
Warren County 2.0: The Unequal Hazardous Waste Distribution In Northeast Detroit 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 escalated as the...
Cleaning up Newark Water
Cleaning up Newark Water: A reconstruction project to replace lead water pipes. by N. ThomasSite Description: Three years after Newark noticed its tap/drinking water showed unsafe levels of lead in its water they have decided to uproot about 23,000 lead pipes in the...
Drowning in the Raritan
Drowning in the Raritan:Working-Class Central New Jersey Towns Left Flooded and Looking for Help (1990-2021) by Hunter TagliaboschiSite Description: The Raritan River causing flooding has been an ongoing issue in the central part of NJ for decades and notably...
Lithium Mining
Lithium Mining in the Atacama Salt Flats, Chile: How the Strive for Environmentally Sustainable Vehicles is Doing More Harm Than Good by Patrycja SzwarcSite Description: Although there are a number of companies who mine lithium in the Atacama Desert in Chile, I want...
The PCB Golf Course
The PCB Golf Course: How the Hyatt Hills Golf Course of Clark, NJ is a Potential Risk to its Visitors and Neighbors (1942-2021) by Giulian PacellaSite Description: The Hyatt Hills Golf Course in Clark New Jersey was not always a golf course, previously it had been a...
Following Flint’s Failures
Flint’s dirty water, just the tip of the iceberg: How different cities exhibiting lead contamination shows a larger problem than previously expected (2017-2021) by Nico OberholtzerSite Description: By now, I don’t believe there is a single person who hasn’t heard the...