The American Cyanamid Superfund Site: How Decades of Chemical Manufacturing Shows How Industrial Prosperity Came at a Cost to Local Health and Equity by Mike Duran Site Description: For much of the twentieth century, the American Cyanamid plant in Bridgewater, New...
Beneath the Grass; An Investigation on Whether Liberty State Park’s 19th-Century Industrial Past Led to environmental Inequality in Jersey City, New Jersey
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 MendezSite Description:With a stunning view of the Statue of Liberty, the peaceful Liberty State Park,...
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...
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From Red Lines to Toxic Sites: The Legacy of Discriminatory Housing in Newark's Ironbound by Juliamny FernandezSite Description:Newark’s Ironbound District is located along the Passaic River in New Jersey. The area surrounding Wilson Avenue and Ferry Street, sits...
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro
Eternal grief in City of God: socio-environmental inequalities connecting the flood disasters of 1966 and 1996 in Rio de Janeiro by C.M. FreitasSite Description:This report focuses on the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It presents the history of two impactful...
DuPont Dumping: How the Pompton Lakes (N.J.) Community Rose Above Against Decades of Environmental Damage by DuPont (1980s-2010s)
DuPont Dumping: How the Pompton Lakes (N.J.) Community Rose Above Against Decades of Environmental Damage by DuPont (1980s-2010s) by Aiden BanSite Description:Having access to a safe environment with pure water, soil, and air is a necessity that many Americans take...
Is it Still a Wonderful Life? An analysis of Seneca Meadows Landfill Effect on Seneca County following the closure of Fresh Kills Landfill in 2001
Is It Still a Wonderful Life?: The Impacts of Seneca Meadows Landfill on the Communities of Waterloo and Seneca Falls After Fresh Kills Closure in 2001 by Michael SchoberSite Description: Project Description: Fresh Kills Landfill was opened in 1948 with the purpose of...
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...
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...