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 Mendez Site Description: With a stunning view of the Statue of Liberty, the peaceful Liberty State...
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...
Resilient or Repeating Mistakes? Flood Management and Urban Planning in Atlantic City, NJ, Since 2012-present
Resilient or Repeating Mistakes? Flood Management and Urban Planning in Atlantic City, NJ, Since 2012-present by Vaidehi PatelSite Description:In Atlantic City, two realities exist side by side. On its postcard-ready shoreline, neighborhoods like Chelsea and Lower...
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...
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,...