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Environmental Justice On My Mind: Moving Georgia's Environmental Protection Division Toward The Consideration Of Enviornmental Justice In Permitting, David Deganian

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading efforts to incorporate environmental justice measures into its inner-workings. So, too, are numerous other federal agencies. These efforts, however, have little practical effect at the state level where sources of pollution, such as coal-fired power plants and other industrial facilities are granted permits to pollute. Under the cooperative federalism framework that exists today, the federal government cannot directly compel states to consider environmental justice unless such action is required by federal law. Thus, federal guidance pertaining to environmental justice will do little to prevent the pattern of siting pollution …

The Village Of Kivalina Is Falling Into The Sea: Should Cercla Section 9626(B) Be Available To Move The Village From Harm's Way?, Robert J. Martin

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

The Village of Kivalina, and other similarly situated Native Alaska villages, are in danger of falling into the sea. Regional climate change is melting the permafrost that acts as the foundation of their communities. Sea ice that once acted as a barrier during storm season today melts earlier, and erosion rates are increasing. Kivalina’s situation is further worsened by the threat of contamination from a nearby open dump. Without permanent relocation, Kivalina and its residents face imminent harm.

Congress has given the President authority to permanently relocate an Indian tribe or Alaska Native village under CERCLA Section 9626(b). This article …

Diet As A Prevention Tool For Chronic, Low-Level Lead Exposure: A Population-Specific Intervention Model For Massachusetts, Phoebe Handler

Honors Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Gasland: The Rhetoric Of Images In The New Media Landscape, Christopher T. Thaxton

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Josh Fox's film Gasland, released in 2010, started the national debate concerning the process of hydraulic fracturing and launched the term "fracking" into the public consciousness. Gasland, nominated for four Emmy Awards, was the winner of the 2010 Environmental Media Award for Best Documentary, the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, and the Yale Environmental Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. Using the momentum from the film's popular reception, Fox and the Gasland team successfully established a grassroots movement that was responsible for helping create the Frack Act and a moratorium of fracking in the Delaware River Shed. …

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Hazards, Environmental And Health Risks As The Latent Products Of Late Modernity, Bryan R. Clarey

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

CAFOs raise tens of thousands of animals in confined cages and feedlots, feed them high calorie diets, and ship them to slaughter in record time. These factory farms (as they are sometimes called) devastate neighboring environments with the releases of toxic methane gas and animal waste. Progress in modernized agricultural production has enabled us to feed the growing population but unintended consequences for human health and neighboring communities are happening. This study examines environmental and human health impacts of CAFOs on Central Mississippi residents. Through analyses of existing studies and data and telephone surveys, the objectives will be met. Risk …

Racial Reproductive Control Logics And The Reproductive Justice Movement, Nicole Jolly

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The reproductive justice movement gives a voice and representation to women of color whose experience of reproductive control is impacted by intersecting layers of oppression. This thesis uses an intersectional approach to develop the concept of racial reproductive control logics, which describes the relationship between racial logics and racial patterns of reproductive control. The study uses qualitative interviews and content analysis of organizational material to explore how the reproductive justice movement is influenced by racial reproductive control logics.

Growing Support: Localism, Nonprofits, And Food Access In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Brent Tranchina

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Problems with food insecurity, such as a lack of access to healthy and affordable food in low-income neighborhoods, has been an ongoing challenge in New Orleans. The damages inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent citywide flooding on the local food system reduced the numerical count of operational full-service supermarkets and grocery stores throughout the city. The result has been a widespread presence of food deserts and grocery gaps, particularly in low-income neighborhoods. This thesis explores the emergence of food localism practices by food advocacy professionals as a capacity-building tool for New Orleans residents to increase community food security and develop …

Macalester And Carleton Receive Grant From Mhs To Study Minnesota's Environment History -- Joint Conference In June, Macalester College

College Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Turkey’S Ministry Of National Education Study-Abroad Program: Is The Mone Making The Most Of Its Investment?, Servet Celik

The Qualitative Report

To answer an overwhelming demand for university faculty, Turkey’s Ministry of National Education (MoNE) developed a scholarship program to sponsor graduate study abroad. After completion, program recipients are expected to serve in Turkey’s universities. However, the cost of the program relative to the contributions of returning scholars has led to tremendous criticism. In order to explore whether this program is truly worth the investment, the author chose a qualitative research design to investigate the experiences of two program beneficiaries. The results revealed that their contributions were minimized by numerous institutional barriers; consequently, the system was unable to fully benefit from …

Application Of A Novel Method For Assessing Cumulative Risk Burden By County, Jennifer J. Salinas, Manasi Shah, Bassent Abdelbary, Jennifer L. Gay, Ken Sexton

Physician Assistant Studies Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study is to apply the Human Security Index (HSI) as a tool to detect social and economic cumulative risk burden at a county-level in the state of Texas. The HSI is an index comprising a network of three sub-components or “fabrics”; the Economic, Environmental, and Social Fabrics. We hypothesized that the HSI will be a useful instrument for identifying and analyzing socioeconomic conditions that contribute to cumulative risk burden in vulnerable counties. We expected to identify statistical associations between cumulative risk burden and (a) ethnic concentration and (b) geographic proximity to the Texas-Mexico border. Findings from …

Connect The 9: Bridging St. Claude For All Users, Earthea Nance

Planning and Urban Studies Reports and Presentations

No abstract provided.

University Of Alaska Anchorage Commencement Program May 2012, N/A N/A

Commencement

These official programs are distributed to attendees of the annual commencement ceremonies. The programs include the event schedule as well as the degrees and honors awarded, listing recipients of the degrees and honors. May 2012

Environmental Justice & Sociology, Brenna E. Regan

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis compared the patterns influencing the creation of Native American reservations and the prison industrial complex in the United States. I argue that the country is controlled by people who create a physical and socio-political environment that caters to their certain positionality, adversely effecting and pushing marginalized groups into confined, controlled spaces in their own home. Ultimately, environmental justice, or equal control of people over their environment, is a vital factor in ending structural and physical violence against marginalized groups in the United States.

Regimes And Resilience In The Modern Global Food System, Sara W. Tower

Student Publications

Much public discourse surrounding the modern global food system operates on the assumption of the primary agency of individual consumers in ensuring an equitable and sustainable food supply. However, this approach fails to account for the larger structural forces of the system which frame the limits of how we interact with and are affected by our food system. Taking a closer look at the global economic, political, cultural, and environmental forces that have collectively shaped historical food regimes reveals the deeper structural patterns that currently determine how we produce, distribute, and consume food around the world. Due to the underlying …

Environmental Protection In Indian Country: Equity Or Self-Determination?, Martin D. Topper

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Breaking The Power Of The Power Brokers (Closing Remarks), Steven Paul Mcsloy

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Environmental Racism: A Skeptic's View, Kent Jeffreys

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Remedying The Unequal Enforcement Of Environmental Laws, Robert R. Kuehn

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of The Superfund Reform Act Of 1994, Deeohn Ferris

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Recent Judical Developments On Environmental Justice, John W. Heiderscheit Iii

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

A Personal Commitment To Environmental Justice, Guy O. Williams

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Remedies In Cases Of Environmental Injustice (Introductory Remarks For The Fourth Panel), Berta E. Hernandez

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

An Environmental Justice Perspective On Superfund Reauthorization, Samara F. Swanston

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Cognizable Causes Of Action And The Need For New Legislation (Introductory Remarks For The Third Panel), Philip Weinberg

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Existing Environmental Legislation In The Environmental Justice Movement, Michael B. Gerrard

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Changing The Way Government Views Environmental Justice (Keynote Address), Gerald Torres

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

The Media's Perspective, Viki Reath

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

The Industrial Perspective On Class Action Suits, John E. Carlson

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Equal Enforcement For All, George Van Cleve

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.

Quality Of Life: Justice Equates Fairness, Richard Kleiner

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

No abstract provided.