Critical Mass: Uranium and Thorium Pollution at the Westinghouse Electric Lamp Pant in Bloomfield New Jersey by Nicholas SkificSite Description: Westinghouse Lamp Plant, now nothing more than a partially empty lot with new construction being used to bring in revenue...
The Other Side of Water
The Other Side of Water: Instead of involving community, New York City’s went to greenwashing to hide an Environmental Injustice and Poor Planning by Anis ShiliSite Description: By 1938, the Department of Public Works considers channeling all waste from Manhattan’s...
The Most Irradiated Spot on Earth
The Most Irradiated Spot on Earth and the Injustice Done There by Benjamin RichardsSite Description: Lake Karachay is a 0.15 km2 body of water located in the city of Ozersk, in the Ural Mountain region of the Russian Federation (55.6781° N, 60.7996° E). In 1951, the...
Bloomfield vs Newark
Lead Water Crisis: Comparative Essay Bloomfield VS Newark East Ward by Tamalie RanatungaSite Description: The levels of lead in Newark New Jersey’s drinking water are some of the highest recently recorded by a water system in the United States- placing affected...
Crowdsourced *ism
Crowdsourced *ism:An Oink to Boycott the Hog Industry [1] by Devan PatelSite Description: North Carolina is a top producer of turkeys, chicken, and hogs in the United States. Hog farmers in North Carolina store hog waste in lagoons and then spray the liquified waste...
Long Lives Memphis
Long Lives Memphis But Not the Residents: Battle for Environmental Justice by Kimberly PadillaSite Description: It all started when Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a faulty truck in Memphis, Tennessee on February 11, 1968. From that day on, the...
Sounds of Injustice
Sounds of Injustice: the unspoken link between hip hop and the Flint water crisis. by Robert MurphySite Description: Music has sometimes been used to give voices to unheard people and to shed light on issues that nobody talks about. Over the last hundred years or so...
If I Sign
“If I Sign, They’ll Mine”: A Comparison Between Differing Native American Perspectives on Energy Extraction by Lauren MaffiaSite Description: Approximately 30% of the total amount of coal and oil in the United States rests in or near Indian Reservations. In Montana,...
Frog in Boiling Water
A Frog in Boiling Water is Being Taken Advantage of by a Bogus ‘Recycling’ Facility in Carteret, New Jersey by Rabiya KhanSite Description: The delta of the Rahway River is bordered with factories and industrial complexes. It acts as a natural border for northeast New...
3M
3M, the Tennessee River, and PFAS: A History of Pollution by Taylor HawkinsSite Description: 3M admitted in an April 2019 letter to the EPA that it had been illegally releasing FBSA and FBSEE chemicals into the Tennessee River from the company’s Decatur, AL...