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Analysis Of Policies And Incentives For The Successful Implementation Of Hydrogen-Fueled Medium-Duty And Heavy-Duty Vehicles In Humboldt County, California, Alka Verma
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
The 21st century has seen a significant rise in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with the transportation sector contributing 23% of these emissions. Medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles (MD/HD) are particularly impactful, accounting for over a quarter of transport-related emissions. In Humboldt County, California, transportation represents 53% of total emissions, with MD/HD vehicles being a major contributor. As light-duty vehicles shift to zero-emission alternatives, the MD/HD sector faces unique challenges. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles offer a promising solution, providing longer range, higher energy density, and quicker refueling compared to battery electric vehicles (BEVs). These features make hydrogen an attractive option for …
The Evolution Of California Wildfire Governance Through State Bills, Regulations, And Executive Actions, Cassandra Dawn Blevins
The Evolution Of California Wildfire Governance Through State Bills, Regulations, And Executive Actions, Cassandra Dawn Blevins
History and Political Science | Senior Theses
California faces an escalating wildfire crisis, driven by climate change, drought, and development in fire-prone areas. Despite decades of scientific research on wildfire behavior and risk reduction, catastrophic fires since 2017 raise a critical question: to what extent have California state laws and policies kept up with the intensifying wildfire crisis? Existing scholarship provides extensive insight into wildfire ecology, land-use planning, fuel management, and community resilience, yet it lacks a comprehensive evaluation of whether California’s legislative, regulatory, and executive actions have adapted in a coordinated and evidence-informed manner. In particular, the literature offers limited analysis of how state laws integrate …
Male Disposability, Law, And Feminism, Edward Cantu
Male Disposability, Law, And Feminism, Edward Cantu
Faculty Works
This article explores scientific evidence that societies care more about the welfare and safety of females than that of males, and that this dynamic of "male disposability" is deeply entrenched in culture, and thus in law. The recognition and integration of male disposability theory would mean an evolutionary leap in modern theorizing about gender and the law, but it is ignored. Why? Feminist theory dominates current academic gender discourse. Far from appreciating the explanatory power of male disposability theory, feminist theorists are often invested in theorizing gendered problems in ways that mischannel compassion away from men and toward women. The …
Educational Inequality In Health Insurance Coverage Before And After The Affordable Care Act, Madelaine R. Adamich
Educational Inequality In Health Insurance Coverage Before And After The Affordable Care Act, Madelaine R. Adamich
Journal of Earth and Life Science
Health insurance and health care accessibility have historically been ongoing issues within the United States. Two key factors associated with the likelihood of an individual being insured are educational attainment and income. The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), which has been the largest overhaul of health care in the US to date, aimed to reduce disparities in health insurance coverage and health care accessibility. My research analyzes the extent to which the ACA succeeded in reducing disparities related to educational attainment. To examine the ACA’s effects, I utilize the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data from 2008 and 2015 …
Indigenous Land Seizure & Environmental Injustice: Impacts Of Settler Colonialism, Lydia Moorman
Indigenous Land Seizure & Environmental Injustice: Impacts Of Settler Colonialism, Lydia Moorman
Journal of Earth and Life Science
The fields of conservation and environmentalism prioritize ecosystem health, yet both emerged from western frameworks that displaced and criminalized Indigenous land stewardship. The idealization of “pristine wilderness” narratives served to justify the removal of Indigenous peoples from their homelands and erased millennia of sustainable land stewardship that had maintained ecological balance long before western conservation existed. These narratives not only misrepresented Indigenous relationship with land but also constructed a false dichotomy between humans and nature that positioned Indigenous presence as a threat rather than a source of ecological knowledge. Simultaneously, anthropogenic expansion; such as pipelines, mining, railroads, and other extractive …
Powering The Machine, Draining The Planet: Whether U.S. Environmental Law Is Equipped To Regulate The Energy And Water Demands Of Ai Data Centers, Michael Marcu
Journal of Earth and Life Science
Artificial intelligence (AI) data centers have become one of the United States' fastest-growing and least-regulated sources of environmental stress. In 2024 alone, U.S. data centers consumed 183 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity more than the entire nation of Pakistan and consumed an estimated 17 billion gallons of water (IEA, 2025; Berkeley Lab, 2024). By 2030, electricity demand from these facilities is projected to reach 426 TWh, a 133% increase in six years (Pew Research Center, 2025). This paper examines whether the existing U.S. environmental regulatory framework put by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the …
Left In The (Road) Dust: Analyzing Advanced Clean Cars Ii In California’S Disadvantaged Communities, Jj Hoffman
Left In The (Road) Dust: Analyzing Advanced Clean Cars Ii In California’S Disadvantaged Communities, Jj Hoffman
Pomona Senior Theses
Across the United States, air pollution disproportionately impacts minority groups. California’s Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) waiver was positioned to lead to significant environmental justice impacts, such as reductions in emissions and adverse health outcomes, by establishing stricter regulations for vehicle emissions and ensuring that 100 percent of new passenger vehicle sales are zero-emission by 2035. As the federal government recently nullified ACC II, pollution, and by extension health, could worsen, especially in disadvantaged communities. The thesis established several important relationships, including how disadvantaged communities experienced higher traffic, pollution, and worse health outcomes than non-disadvantaged communities. Though the results …
The Effect Of The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion On The Risk Of Hospital Closure And Adolescent Hpv Immunization In Rural Counties, Juliette Des Rosiers
The Effect Of The Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion On The Risk Of Hospital Closure And Adolescent Hpv Immunization In Rural Counties, Juliette Des Rosiers
Scripps Senior Theses
From 2005 to 2025, over 200 rural hospitals shut their doors, often citing increased operational costs, staffing shortages, low patient volume, regulatory barriers, financial challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and uncompensated care as common contributors to the closures. Rural patients are often referred by their primary care physician to a hospital for regular immunizations, since smaller clinics have less capacity to provide immunizations due to a shortage of pediatricians and limited vaccine stock. A crucial vaccine that is not required by schools and underutilized in rural areas is that against human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that infects cutaneous and …
Good Food In The Neighborhood: Localizing Nutritious Food Access, Joseph Pool
Good Food In The Neighborhood: Localizing Nutritious Food Access, Joseph Pool
Honors Program Theses
Given contemporary changes to federal budget priorities and recent challenges to federal food access funding, this research explores the potential benefits of entrusting state-level and municipal-level policymakers with food access policy. More specifically, this research suggests that “localizing” food access has the unique benefit of not just addressing the affordability of food, but the physical accessibility of it. As observed in the previous literature and expounded upon here, food provisioning requires consideration of nutrition, physical accessibility, and financial affordability. Programs that only address one of these priorities fail to adequately help people receive the food they need. Through policy analysis …
Shrines On Asphalt Shoulders: Documenting Roadside Memorials In Western U.S. Roadscapes, Isabella R. Sullivan
Shrines On Asphalt Shoulders: Documenting Roadside Memorials In Western U.S. Roadscapes, Isabella R. Sullivan
Scripps Senior Theses
This thesis analyses the practice of documenting and uploading roadside memorials in the Western United States as a socially transformative process facilitated between two distinct kinds of noticing. Drawing on (auto)ethnographies of roadside memorial sites in Colorado and California, interviews with photographers and cartographers working primarily in the American Southwest, and Google Street View media, this research examines how recognition of the social negotiations involving memory and mortality that are already present in the physical shrines evolves when documenters capture and transpose them online. First, these documenters have developed the “eyes to see” roadside memorials for various significant reasons in …
Improving Maternal Health: Investigating The Early Impacts Of Medicaid Coverage Of Doulas In Oregon, Miriam Akhmetshin
Improving Maternal Health: Investigating The Early Impacts Of Medicaid Coverage Of Doulas In Oregon, Miriam Akhmetshin
Scripps Senior Theses
While the U.S. spends more per-capita than any country on healthcare, we experience the worst maternal health outcomes of high-income nations. In addition to hefty healthcare bills, an overwhelming majority of mothers experience pregnancy-related health issues that decrease productivity and utility. Thus, it is critical to research cost-effective solutions that can improve maternal health and promote equitable outcomes. Doulas are trained non-medical professionals who support mothers and families before, during and after birth. As a growing body of medical literature points to the role of doulas in decreasing costly medical interventions, insurance companies have begun covering their services. In 2014, …
Food Stamp Participation And Health Outcomes In Ca Immigrants, Esther Kang
Food Stamp Participation And Health Outcomes In Ca Immigrants, Esther Kang
Scripps Senior Theses
The U.S. social welfare system includes programs aiming to increase access to nutritious food to reduce nutrition insecurity. However, studies suggest that immigrants continue to face disproportionate risks of nutrition insecurity and may face barriers to enrollment due to legal status. This study, using secondary data from the 2023 California Health Interview Survey, examines the associations between food stamp participation, food insecurity, and clinical diagnosis of diabetes among adult U.S.-born, naturalized, and non-citizen adults in California. The findings suggest that those enrolled in food stamps are more likely to report food insecurity than those who are not enrolled, and that …
The Road To The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Ted Smyth
The Road To The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Ted Smyth
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
A 'Healing Process'? The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, Paul Arthur
A 'Healing Process'? The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, Paul Arthur
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Competing Objectives, Contested Outcomes And Disputed Legacy, Eamonn O'Kane
The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Competing Objectives, Contested Outcomes And Disputed Legacy, Eamonn O'Kane
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
A 'Formalised' Role In The Affairs Of Northern Ireland: The Fitzgerald-Thatcher Relationship In Northern Ireland, 1979-1990, Stephen Kelley
A 'Formalised' Role In The Affairs Of Northern Ireland: The Fitzgerald-Thatcher Relationship In Northern Ireland, 1979-1990, Stephen Kelley
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Remember, Remember, The 15th Of November!, Lord Reg Empey
Remember, Remember, The 15th Of November!, Lord Reg Empey
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
'Another Munich Accord?': The Anglo-Irish Agreement And The Reframing Of Ulster Loyalism, James W. Mcauley
'Another Munich Accord?': The Anglo-Irish Agreement And The Reframing Of Ulster Loyalism, James W. Mcauley
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Alliance Party And The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, John, Lord Alderdice
The Alliance Party And The 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, John, Lord Alderdice
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Sinn Féin And The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Agnès Maillot
Sinn Féin And The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Agnès Maillot
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
A Personal Note, Padraig O'Malley
A Personal Note, Padraig O'Malley
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Biographical Notes On Officials And Others To Whom Contributors Refer
Biographical Notes On Officials And Others To Whom Contributors Refer
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley
Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Reaching The Anglo-Irish Agreement 1: An Outline Of Factors, Graham Spencer
Reaching The Anglo-Irish Agreement 1: An Outline Of Factors, Graham Spencer
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Reaching The Anglo-Irish Agreement 2: An Interview With Michael Lillis, Graham Spencer
Reaching The Anglo-Irish Agreement 2: An Interview With Michael Lillis, Graham Spencer
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Anglo-Irish Agreement: A Critique, David Hill
The Anglo-Irish Agreement: A Critique, David Hill
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
The Anglo-Irish Agreement Of 1985: A Tale Of British Cabinet Government Success, Shelley Deane, Tancred Bradshaw
The Anglo-Irish Agreement Of 1985: A Tale Of British Cabinet Government Success, Shelley Deane, Tancred Bradshaw
New England Journal of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Massachusetts Community Mediation Center (Cmc) Grant Program: Fiscal Year 2025 Evaluation Report, Madhawa Palihapitiya, Karina Zeferino
Massachusetts Community Mediation Center (Cmc) Grant Program: Fiscal Year 2025 Evaluation Report, Madhawa Palihapitiya, Karina Zeferino
Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration Publications
The CMC Grant Program remains a vital statewide investment in equitable access to justice and community well-being in Massachusetts. In FY2025, the Commonwealth allocated $3,100,202 to the Program, with $2,376,002 awarded directly to 12 community mediation Centers for operational support, technical assistance, and participation in statewide initiatives. These funds continued to serve as the financial foundation of the community mediation system, accounting for half of Centers’ collective revenue and enabling them to leverage an additional $2,435,797 from private, municipal, state, and federal partners—demonstrating strong public return on state appropriations. Despite a funding reduction in FY2025, the Program generated …
Florida Local Public Administrator Perspectives On Decentralized Wastewater Treatment, Jude Hagan
Florida Local Public Administrator Perspectives On Decentralized Wastewater Treatment, Jude Hagan
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Decentralized wastewater treatment (DWT) systems, such as onsite greywater recycling and septic systems, have been demonstrated to be a potentially more sustainable, cost-effective, and disaster-resilient alternative to traditional centralized systems by treating wastewater at or near the source. However, many barriers exist that have prevented the widespread implementation of DWT, such as public opposition, lack of resources, government regulations, public health concerns, and capital costs. In this study, local emergency managers, urban planners, and utility/wastewater managers in Florida were surveyed to determine their perceptions and levels of knowledge on DWT. The results of this study were inconclusive due to a …