| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold , Resilience Justice Project Researchers |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RESILIENCE JUSTICE, AND WATERSHED PLANNING |
48 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 553 (Spring, 2024) |
Watershed planning is an increasingly used governance tool for addressing environmental problems at ecosystem scales of watersheds, which are areas of land that drain to a common body of water. In recent years, watershed planning in the United States has been undergoing an equity evolution: watershed planners have begun integrating environmental... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Mahatab Uddin |
EQUITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNDER CLIMATE REGIME OF BANGLADESH |
25 San Diego International Law Journal 49 (2023-2024) |
YesC1-2Table of Contents Abstract. 50 I. Introduction. 50 II. Equity and Sustainable Development. 51 A. Equity. 51 B. Sustainable Development. 52 III. National Climate Change Regime of Bangladesh. 54 IV. Equity and Sustainable Development Under Climate Regime of Bangladesh. 59 A. Equity and Sustainable Development Under National Executive Instruments.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Mia Petrucci |
FORCED TO BEAR THE BURDEN AND NOW THE CHILDREN: THE DOBBS DECISION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
14 Washington Journal of Social & Environmental Justice 86 (March, 2024) |
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In Dobbs, the Court held that there is no constitutional right to abortion in America, overturning almost half a century of legal precedent. The Court relied on textualist arguments to find that the Fourteenth Amendment['s guarantee of liberty] clearly does... |
2024 |
Yes |
| James R. May , Quentin Pair , Nadia B. Ahmad |
FROM THE COURTROOM TO THE FRONTLINES: A ROADMAP FOR ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
50 Human Rights 2 (October, 2024) |
For years, the American Bar Association (ABA) has been a stalwart champion in the fight for environmental justice. Recognizing the disproportionate harm suffered by communities of color, low-income populations, and Indigenous communities from environmental hazards, the ABA has consistently used its platform to push for change. Now, with the passage... |
2024 |
Yes |
| James O'Reilly |
FROM THE ENVIRONMENT |
52 Real Estate Law Journal 177 (Spring, 2024) |
Yes, you have turned the page of Real Estate Law Journal and no, you have not spun out into pages of Psychology Today or Environment Future. This brief article asks: How will 2024 be emotionally affecting those federal employees whom you have come to deal with over years of red tape jungle efforts for permit applicants? What will be 2024's impact... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Brendan Hennessey, Amanda Schermer MacVey, Laszlo von Lazar |
GETTING TO NET-ZERO: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES ARE CHANGING BUSINESS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR |
43 Construction Lawyer 46 (Fall, 2024) |
YesNo longer are climate change initiatives only the concern of the environmental specialist. Rather, they present challenges--and opportunities--for estimators, project managers, executives, and attorneys in the infrastructure sector. Simply knowing the landscape of climate change initiatives can be the first stumbling block, as recent legislation... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Peter L. Reich |
GREENING THE GHETTO REVISITED: THREE DECADES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LAW |
51 Northern Kentucky Law Review 117 (2024) |
This essay is dedicated to the memory of Luke W. Cole (1962-2009), lawyer-activist, mentor, and friend. Greening the Ghetto was one of the first law review articles to explore the phenomenon of environmental racism or, in its affirmative phrasing, environmental justice (abbreviated hereinafter as EJ). In that essay I defined environmental racism as... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Lawrence Pittman |
HIS-TORY OF REDLINING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY INHERITED |
50 Human Rights 42 (October, 2024) |
On April 21, 2023, President Joe Biden issued the Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental justice for All (E.O. 14096), which states, To fulfill our Nation's promises of justice, liberty, and equality, every person must have clean air to breathe; clean water to drink; safe and healthy foods to eat; and an... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Hannah Perls |
HOW DURABLE IS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENDA? |
50 Human Rights 37 (October, 2024) |
The Biden administration is the first in U.S. history to prioritize environmental and climate justice across all federal agencies. Now, less than four years later, those agencies have invested billions in communities to address environmental justice (EJ) concerns and issued more protective regulations to address longstanding disparities in public... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Zoe Zingale |
IF IT CAN MAKE IT THERE, IT CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE: HOW NEW YORK'S "GREEN AMENDMENT" IS CATALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS IN LIGHT OF FEDERAL FAILURES |
30 Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice 511 (Winter, 2024) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 512 I. Background. 520 A. Title VI's History and Its Applicability to Environmental justice Lawsuits. 520 B. Navigating Environmental justice Plaintiffs' Current Path to Legal Redress Under Federal Law. 524 II. Analysis. 526 A. Environmental justice Plaintiffs' Ability to Bring Disparate Impact Claims Under the... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Mia Montoya Hammersley |
IN DEFENSE OF LAND AND WATER PROTECTORS: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM |
54 University of Memphis Law Review 843 (Summer, 2024) |
I. Preface: You're a Lawyer, Not an Activist. 843 II. Introduction: A Call to Environmental justice Lawyers. 844 III. Movement Lawyering for Environmental justice. 846 A. Foundations of the Environmental justice Movement. 846 B. Structural Discrimination. 848 C. Movement Lawyering. 852 IV. The Law of Protest and Civil Disobedience. 855 A.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Abigail E. André |
IN PURSUIT OF EQUITY UNDER NEPA: APALACHICOLA'S INVISIBILITY IN THE TRISTATE WATER WARS |
54 University of Memphis Law Review 783 (Summer, 2024) |
In the presence of significant environmental impacts, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires agencies to take a hard look at community effects. However, analysis of human impacts under NEPA is generally cursory. While executive orders requiring consideration of environmental justice have raised awareness of community impacts in... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Lev E. Breydo |
INEQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF FEDERALISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM |
102 North Carolina Law Review 1035 (May, 2024) |
This Article explains a critical, yet unexplored issue: How are some communities like Jackson--the 80% Black capital of Mississippi--often left without water or electricity, while their mostly white neighbors are not? The Article maps uncharted territory by interrogating the underlying causes of this disparity, untangling how three seemingly... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Peter Kizima IV |
JUSTICE DELAYED: NEW JERSEY'S BATTLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND A CALL FOR THE FEDS TO FOLLOW SUIT |
48 Seton Hall Journal of Legislation & Public Policy 479 (2024) |
I. Introduction. 480 II. Background and Legislative History. 483 A. New Jersey's History of Environmental Discrimination. 484 1. Post-Civil War Era. 484 2. 19th Century Industrial Development. 485 3. Discriminatory Housing and Land Use Policy. 486 4. Sites of Early Industry Largely Coincide with Overburdened Communities Due to Discriminatory... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Aashini Choksi |
LEAD-FREE WITH EQUITY: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE-FOCUSED PROPOSAL TO ACHIEVE LEAD-FREE D.C. BY 2030 |
25 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 404 (Spring, 2024) |
INTRODUCTION. 405 I. WHY IS THERE LEAD IN AMERICAN DRINKING WATER?. 407 A. Lead-Contaminated Water in the District of Columbia. 409 B. Disproportionate Impact of Partial Replacements on Vulnerable Communities. 410 C. Models of Successful State-Led Lead-Pipe Replacement Initiatives. 413 II. CURRENT LSL REPLACEMENT PLAN IN THE DISTRICT. 415 A. The... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Donna Minha |
LIGHTS, CAMERA, (CLIMATE) ACTION: BRINGING CORPORATIONS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT IN HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED CLIMATE LITIGATION |
60 Stanford Journal of International Law 28 (Winter, 2024) |
YesIn recent years, in the face of inadequate responses by governments to climate change, human rights-based climate litigation has been on the rise. Despite the heavy involvement of corporations in the climate crisis, rights-based proceedings are mainly brought against states, while corporations usually remain out of the realm of such proceedings.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Dr. Paul R. Williams , Sindija Beta |
NEGOTIATING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN UKRAINE |
56 Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law 271 (Spring, 2024) |
This Article examines the dynamics of negotiating environmental justice in Ukraine amid pressure from certain international actors for an Amnesty-Based Peace in Ukraine. While it is currently unclear how Russia's war in Ukraine will end, it is likely that there will be significant discussion around forms of justice, including how to address the... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Bridget K. McKelvey |
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK'S HOTTEST TREND--THE PLANET: NEW YORK'S OPPORTUNITY TO COMBAT THE FASHION INDUSTRY'S EFFECTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
57 Suffolk University Law Review 233 (2024) |
YesIf the entire country was regulated, that would be just remarkable, but that's not where we're at right now. And that's why I think New York, being the fashion leader that it is, has this opportunity to lead the way. I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that our state and our world depend on it. Forget your wallet; the environment pays the real... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Samantha Bingaman |
NOTHING AT STAKE BUT LIFE'S ESSENTIALS: HOW SOLE RELIANCE ON NEW TEXTUALISM ENDANGERS CLEAN WATER, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (AND A JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK TO FIX IT) |
83 Maryland Law Review 1313 (2024) |
You throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes out of the pond after that? All we can do is stare at the pond, holding our breath. -Haruki Murakami Water is life, as the old saying goes. We drink, we wash, we play, we swim, we travel, and we grow with water, among... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Tseming Yang |
OLD AND NEW ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM |
2024 Utah Law Review 109 (2024) |
Over the past five decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved from purposeful disregard of environmental racism to a public embrace of environmental justice as an organizational priority. Unfortunately, its efforts to address environmental discrimination remain a work-in-progress. This Article posits that the Agency's core... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Diego Huerta |
ONE SEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK? SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND DETERRENCE |
36 Georgetown Environmental Law Review 303 (Winter, 2024) |
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) are settlement conditions that the EPA includes in civil penalty settlements requiring a violator of an environmental law to undertake certain environmentally focused actions. The EPA provides violators who commit to SEPs a discount on their civil penalty in proportion to the cost of the SEP. The EPA's... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Theresa Pinto, Esq. M.S., Abigail Fleming, Esq., Sabrina Payoute, M.S., Elissa Klein |
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS AND INTRA-URBAN FORCED DISPLACEMENT DUE TO CLIMATE GENTRIFICATION IN THE GREATER MIAMI AREA--COMMUNITY LAWYERING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT |
78 University of Miami Law Review 432 (Spring, 2024) |
Because Miami-Dade County is ground zero for such climate effects as sea-level rise and increasingly hazardous, climate-driven Atlantic hurricanes, the coral rock ridge that runs along the Eastern coast of South Florida is a prime target for redevelopment and climate gentrification. Through a community and movement lawyering for environmental... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Amanda F. Watson |
REMEDIATION FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION: THE ROLE OF CERCLA ENFORCEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
58 Georgia Law Review 803 (Winter, 2024) |
PFAS are a family of manufactured chemicals that are highly persistent in the environment. Most people in the U.S. have been exposed to PFAS, but different groups of people may have higher exposure due to their environments. In recent years, peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that PFAS are linked to numerous adverse human health effects.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Lauren Cormany |
STANDING IN THE WAY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
2024 Utah Law Review 167 (2024) |
In the 1980s, a groundbreaking study revealed that the most determinative factor in the location of environmental hazardous sites was not social or economic status, but race. In 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published data revealing that people of color are 2.4 times more likely to be exposed to heavy pollution than White... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Gregor A. MacGregor |
THE ACADEMY'S ROLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: PUTTING LAW INTO PRACTICE AT THE ACEQUIA ASSISTANCE PROJECT |
51 Northern Kentucky Law Review 125 (2024) |
When we think of environmental justice, we often think of the movement's genesis. In the fall of 1982, black residents and their allies in Warren County, North Carolina, marched for six weeks to protest the placement of a toxic waste landfill in their community. The Warren County controversy captured national attention in a way prior controversies... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Jackson Moffett |
THE DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN ON VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE TRADE OF PLASTIC WASTE: HOW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SHOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO THE UNITED NATIONS TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION |
30 UC Law Environmental Journal 177 (May, 2024) |
The United Nations Environment Assembly passed a resolution to end plastic pollution with a legally binding treaty in response to growing international concern over the destruction of the environment and human health from plastic pollution. Plastic waste disposal is currently regulated under the Plastic Waste Amendments of the Basel Convention on... |
2024 |
Yes |
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF PFAS |
54 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10911 (November, 2024) |
On June 13, 2024, the Environmental Law Institute and its Pro Bono Clearinghouse hosted the tenth installment of the continuing legal education series Community Lawyering for Environmental justice, focusing on the environmental justice implications of forever chemicals, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). A panel of experts... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Ricardo Torres Febre |
THE JURIDIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
93 Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico 383 (2024) |
Introduction. 383 I. Environmental justice and the Judicial System. 385 II. The Phenomenon of Juridification. 388 A. Filtering: the Incompatibility of Climate Issues with the Legal Process. 390 B. Understanding: How Environmental Regulation Highlights the Political Nature of the Law. 396 C. Redressability in Juliana v. United States. 399 III.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Jonathan A. Picado |
UNA HERIDA ABIERTA: UTILIZING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE ALONG THE BORDERLAND |
109 Iowa Law Review 1335 (March, 2024) |
ABSTRACT: Circuit courts are divided as to whether Section 602 of Title VI of the 1962 Civil Rights Act creates a private right of action enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In the past, many environmental justice groups have brought their claims under Section 602, since it is easier to prove disparate impact as opposed to direct discrimination.... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Devin A. Lowell |
UNCAPTURED: THE CCUS BOOM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND CANCER ALLEY |
74 Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 88 (2024) |
This article exposes the environmental justice implications of industrialization-as-climate-mitigation strategies by focusing on their effects on minority communities in south Louisiana. Political and economic forces at the federal and state levels are advocating for increased development of carbon capture utilization and storage systems that will... |
2024 |
Yes |
| Jasleen Shokar |
A NEW HOPE, WITH A NEW NEPA: HOW EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS FAIL TO PROTECT PEOPLE OF COLOR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL |
13 Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 261 (Spring, 2023) |
Environmental Justice is a highly complex issue which centers on the fight to ensure a healthy environment for communities of color, the effects of which have been largely ignored by the federal government. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) contains promising mandates such as the creation of an Environmental Impact Statement wherein the... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Allegra McLeod |
ABOLITION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
69 UCLA Law Review 1536 (September, 2023) |
During the coronavirus pandemic, movements for penal abolition and racial justice achieved dramatic growth and increased visibility. While much public discussion of abolition has centered on the call to divest from criminal law enforcement, contemporary abolitionists also understand public safety in terms of building new life-sustaining... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Hilary Jacobs, Kirstin Gruver |
ADVANCING NET-ZERO GOALS TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
38-SUM Natural Resources & Environment 19 (Summer, 2023) |
The last two years have seen unprecedented levels of federal and state activity aimed at addressing historical environmental injustices prevalent in the United States. While the concept of environmental justice (EJ) as a national policy priority may seem relatively new, the recent activity is the result of decades of work by trailblazing community... |
2023 |
Yes |
| A. U'ilani Tanigawa Lum |
AIA I WAI'OLI KE ALOHA 'INA: RE-CENTERING 'INA AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
41 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 301 (2023) |
This Article explores Knaka Maoli's (Native Hawaiians') work to re-center principles of Indigenous biocultural resource management in decisionmaking to more fully realize restorative environmental justice. To do so, it contextualizes 'ina (land and natural resources) as Knaka Maoli's natural counterpart. Deploying a contextual inquiry framework... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Luca Greco |
AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS OF THE EXCLUSION OF FARMWORKERS FROM THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT |
47 Harvard Environmental Law Review 309 (2023) |
The exclusion of farmworkers from the National Labor Relations Act has left workers in agriculture unprotected from essential labor rights including the right to organize, bargain with employers, and engage in collective action. These workers, unable to demand safer working conditions, may in turn be exposed to toxic pesticides, extreme heat,... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Ricardo Perlingeiro , Luísa Silva Schmidt |
An Overview of Environmental Justice in Brazil |
12 British Journal of American Legal Studies 27 (Spring, 2023) |
This article discusses environmental conflict resolution in Brazil in both the administrative and judicial spheres, with the aim of analyzing the configuration of the bodies in charge of such adjudication, the procedural instruments at their disposal, and the main types, grounds and effects of environmental claims. An overview of the Brazilian... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Liam Veazey |
CHEMICAL DISASTERS: AN URGENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE IN TEXAS |
52 Texas Environmental Law Journal 108 (Winter, 2022-2023) |
I. Introduction. 109 II. Chemical Disasters and Environmental Justice. 110 A. Chemical Releases and Explosions in Texas: A New Normal. 110 1. The Problem. 110 2. Recent Incidents. 112 3. Climate Change: Raising the Threat. 115 4. Why Chemical Disasters are an Environmental Justice Issue. 117 B. Important Questions for Drafting the Right Policy... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Steven M. Siros, Tatjana “Tanja” Vujic, Arie Feltman-Frank, Daniel Robertson |
EMBRACING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES TO ADVANCE CORPORATE OBJECTIVES |
39 No. 5 Practical Real Estate Lawyer 3 (9/1/2023) |
Earth Week 2023 brought with it two significant environmental justice developments. The week began with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announcing the adoption of regulations aimed at reducing pollution in historically overburdened communities and those disproportionately impacted by health and environmental stressors. President Biden then capped... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Emily Brennan |
ENVIRONMENTAL (IN)JUSTICE: EVALUATING THE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE JACKSON WATER CRISIS & PROPOSING A SOLUTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MISSISSIPPI |
41 Mississippi College Law Review 244 (2023) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 244 II. Background. 247 A. The Origins of the EJ Movement in the U.S. 247 B. Introductory Studies and Literature on EJ. 249 C. Presidential Action and Commitment to Protection. 251 III. Current Pathways Available for EJ Claims. 254 A. EJ Litigation. 254 B. Federal Agencies and Offices Addressing EJ. 256 C.... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Matthew Snyder |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC COMPANY DISCLOSURES: MANDATORY REPORTING FOR POLLUTING FACILITIES LOCATED IN MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES |
100 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 373 (Winter, 2023) |
Climate change is the existential threat of our lifetime. Sea levels, global temperatures, and catastrophic weather events are all on the rise. Global warming and its inherent dangers pose risks to individual health, physical safety, and property. Climate change also has significant financial impacts on the United States' economy, costing around... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Barry E. Hill |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY |
53 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10317 (April, 2023) |
This Article explores the environmental justice, climate justice, and sustainable development implications of the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act, which encourages domestically produced and processed minerals for the country's energy transition from fossil fuels. It examines (1) the resulting need for a resurgence of mining in Indian... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Luis Cruz |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONSIDERATIONS IN SITING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL DISPOSAL |
91 George Washington Law Review 499 (April, 2023) |
There are 80,000 metric tons of uranium stranded at nuclear power plant sites throughout the United States with no clear path to permanent disposal. Although there is a consensus on using a consent-based siting process for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel, no statutory authority exists to execute such a consent-based approach. This Note analyzes... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Danielle W. Mason |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL |
59-JAN Trial 18 (January, 2023) |
People of color are often disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards. Trial lawyers can play a crucial role in righting this devastating imbalance. In this country, more than half of the people who live close to hazardous waste sites are people of color, and they are more likely to die of environmental causes. Communities of color are 75%... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Alexandra Guillot |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN POLLUTION HOTSPOTS AND SECTIONS 7 & 15 OF THE CHARTER: THE CASE OF THE AAMJIWNAANG COMMUNITY IN "CHEMICAL VALLEY" |
53 Environmental Law 273 (Spring, 2023) |
Chemical Valley in Sarnia, Ontario, the site of almost half of Canada's chemical industry, is one of the most polluted areas in the country. It is also home to the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, whose community members, as a result of their proximity to this cluster of polluting facilities, experience much higher risk and actual harm to their health... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Wade C. Foster , Krista K. McIntyre |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ONE KEY TO CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY |
66-MAY Advocate 22 (May, 2023) |
Consider these three statements: I experience odor or discoloration in my tap water, English is not the primary language spoken in my home, and I live near industrial activity. Now, consider these statements: The organization that I work for can access environmental subject matter experts, the organization that I work for has influence in the... |
2023 |
Yes |
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FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS |
53 Environmental Law Reporter (ELI) 10527 (July, 2023) |
With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and Water Resources Development Act of 2022, the statutory landscape has changed to reflect the Biden Administration's emphasis on environmental justice. On February 27, 2023, the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and ELI's Pro Bono Clearinghouse co-hosted a panel of experts who explored how communities... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Paige Bellamy |
FREE, PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: INDIGENOUS ACTION IS THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
13 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 105 (Summer, 2023) |
The fight for control of land and what lies within the earth has shaped, and continues to shape, much of human history. As Australian historian Patrick Wolfe stated: Land is life--or, at least, land is necessary for life. Thus, contests for land can be--indeed, often are--contests for life. Often at the center of these conflicts, Indigenous... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Gwen Keyes Fleming , Lawrence K. Pittman |
IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE--THE ABA EJ TASK FORCE |
54 No. 3 ABA Trends 16 (January/February, 2023) |
Martin Luther King Jr. declared that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. This declaration could not be truer today. King's last stand for civil rights was advocating for the working... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Alexandra Dapolito Dunn , Irma S. Russell |
INCLUSIVENESS: ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A DIVERSE DEMOCRACY |
62 No. 4 Judges' Journal 6 (Fall, 2023) |
Today, environmental justice (EJ) is more than a significant and meaningful social movement. EJ has now emerged--after at least five decades--as a major initiative for the federal government and for many state governments. Since the beginnings of the EJ movement, its proponents have sought redress for the disproportionate and negative impacts of... |
2023 |
Yes |
| Michael Damasco |
MEPA AT 50 |
80-AUG Bench and Bar of Minnesota 28 (August, 2023) |
As the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) turns 50 this year, it's an opportune time to reexamine its place in a world increasingly invested in environmental justice. MEPA, Minnesota's environmental review statute, is an information-gathering tool used to determine the environmental impacts of development projects. Highly publicized... |
2023 |
Yes |