| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| Elena Pacheco |
IT'S A FRACKING CONUNDRUM: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE BATTLE TO REGULATE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING |
42 Ecology Law Quarterly 373 (2015) |
Over the past five years, the process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has become a hot-button topic in the media and the courtroom. As more information about fracking becomes publicly available, serious questions have arisen about the environmental and health hazards it poses. In light of these risks, local governments have been some of the... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Carlton M. Waterhouse , Ravay Smith |
THE LINGERING LIFE OF LEAD POLLUTION: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE FOR IndianA |
49 Indiana Law Review 99 (2015) |
There is also a surprising lack of data on human exposure to environmental pollutants for Whites as well as for ethnic and racial minorities. One exception is lead exposures in children, and [there] the data are unequivocal: Black children have disproportionately higher blood lead levels than White children even when socioeconomic variables are... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Marissa Tripolsky |
A NEW NEPA TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE |
23 Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 313 (Summer 2014) |
I. Introduction. 313 II. The Environmental Justice Movement and the Law. 316 A. Environmental Injustice in the United States. 316 B. The Force of the National Environmental Policy Act. 320 C. President Clinton's Executive Order. 324 III. NEPA's Obstacles in the Fight for Environmental Justice. 325 A. NEPA's Lack of Substantive Force Is an Obstacle... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Kelly Nokes |
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT--ANALYZING FISH CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS RULEMAKING IN WASHINGTON STATE |
16 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 323 (Fall, 2014) |
Introduction 324 I. An Overview of Water Pollution Control in Washington State. 326 A. Water Pollution Control in Washington State. 326 B. Revising Washington's Water Quality Standards. 328 II. Fish Consumption Habits and Rates. 329 A. Fish Consumption as it Relates to Water Pollution Control. 329 B. National and Regional Fish Consumption Rates.... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Alice Kaswan |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: LESSONS FROM THE CALIFORNIA LAWSUITS |
5 San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law 1 (2013-2014) |
I. Introduction. 2 II. Backdrop: AB 32 and Environmental Justice. 3 A. The Role of Environmental Justice in the Genesis of AB 32. 3 B. AB 32 Implementation and the Emergence of Cap-and-Trade. 6 III. The Lawsuits. 9 A. Association of Irritated Residents: A Challenge to the Scoping Plan and the Functional Equivalent Document. 10 1. The Scoping Plan... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Llewelyn M. Engel |
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS WITH DISCLOSURE-BASED LAWS |
6 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 117 (Spring, 2014) |
Disclosure is often at the heart of environmental legislation. Requiring companies to provide citizens and communities with information can be a powerful tool to enact change. At the same time, disclosure laws can have implications for environmental justice, because some communities are better situated to use and act on information than others.... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Danielle M. Purifoy |
FOOD POLICY COUNCILS: INTEGRATING FOOD JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
24 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 375 (Spring, 2014) |
Beginning in 1982, food policy councils (FPCs) proliferated across North America as forums for democratic discourse and advocacy to develop sustainable food systems at the local, state, and regional levels. Challenging the industrialization of food production and distribution by corporate agribusiness, FPCs reflect the desire in many communities to... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Tara B. Ratanun |
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: SHOULD LABELING BE MANDATORY ON PRODUCTS CONTAINING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS? |
42 Western State Law Review 111 (Fall, 2014) |
I. Introduction. 111 II. So What Exactly Are Genetically Modified Organisms?. 112 A. Where Can Genetically Modified Organisms Be Found?. 113 III. The History of Genetically Modified Organism Regulations. 114 A. The Current United States Regulations. 115 1. The Food and Drug Administration. 116 2. The United States Department of Agriculture. 117 3.... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Sean J. Wright |
GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK TO PROTECT PROHIBITION BEYOND RESERVATION BORDERS |
79 Brooklyn Law Review 1197 (Spring, 2014) |
My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him. He only says, Good fences make good neighbors. - Robert Frost In Whiteclay, Nebraska, a desolate town of 10 people, four rickety shacks line the main road. On average, 13,000 cans of beer and bottles of malt liquor are sold per day from these shacks. The closest... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Jeanne Marie Zokovitch Paben |
GREEN POWER & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE-DOES GREEN DISCRIMINATE? |
46 Texas Tech Law Review 1067 (Summer, 2014) |
I. Environmental Justice Themes. 1070 II. Environmental Justice Themes in Energy Production. 1077 A. Hydroelectric. 1082 B. Coal. 1082 C. Oil & Gasoline (Petroleum). 1084 D. Natural Gas. 1085 E. Nuclear. 1086 III. The Rise of the Green Power Movement & Its Environmental Justice Impacts. 1088 A. Wind. 1093 B. Solar. 1094 C. Biomass. 1095 D.... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Mfon Etukeren |
HYDROFRACKING AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: A PROPOSAL TO LOWER THE THRESHOLD FOR EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATORY IMPACT IN TITLE VI COMPLAINTS |
4 Seattle Journal of Environmental Law 51 (2014) |
L1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 52 II. How Hydrofracking Affects Environmental Justice Communities. 55 A. Environmental Hazards of the Hydrofracking Process. 55 B. The History of the Environmental Justice Movement. 60 C. EPA's Role in Addressing Hydrofracking in Environmental Justice Communities. 63 III. Utilizing Title VI to Address EJ... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Richard Gutierrez |
INTERNationAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ON HOLD: REVISITING THE BASEL BAN FROM A PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE |
24 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 399 (Spring, 2014) |
Nineteen years after the Basel Ban was adopted it still has not garnered the necessary ratifications to enter into force. This article aims to revisit the Basel Ban and understand it from the perspective of a developing country, particularly the Philippines, and draw out possible obstacles it faces in ratifying this instrument of international... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Hayley Carpenter |
MICCOSUKEE V. UNITED STATES: THE CONTINUING UNWIELDINESS OF EQUAL PROTECTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
41 Ecology Law Quarterly 597 (2014) |
On May 15, 2013 the Eleventh Circuit held in Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. United States that the Army Corps of Engineers' alleged flooding of the plaintiff tribe's trust and lease lands was not a violation of equal protection, due process, or the relevant lease agreement and trustee deed. Rather than address the substance of the tribe's claims,... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Anthony V. Alfieri |
PATERNALISTIC INTERVENTIONS IN CIVIL RIGHTS AND POVERTY LAW: A CASE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
112 Michigan Law Review 1157 (April, 2014) |
Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism. By Sarah Conly. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2013. Pp. viii, 194. Cloth, $95; paper, $32.99. Low-income communities of color in Miami and in cities across the nation both share aspirations of equal justice and democratic participation and suffer the burdens of legal underrepresentation and... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Josephine M. Balzac |
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT "REACH IN, REACH OUT": PURSUING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BY EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT AND SUPERFUND CLEANUPS |
9 Florida A & M University Law Review 347 (Spring, 2014) |
Introduction. 348 I. Environmental Justice Movement. 351 A. Environmental Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency. 352 B. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. 352 II. CERCLA: Superfunds and Brownfields. 353 A. Superfund. 354 B. Brownfields. 355 III. Potential Adverse Consequences in Superfund Cleanups and Brownfields... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Virginia C. Thomas , William W. LeFevre |
RESEARCHING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
93-SEP Michigan Bar Journal 56 (September, 2014) |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The concerns that arise in this complex... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Tonya Lewis , Jessica Owley |
SYMBOLIC POLITICS FOR DISEMPOWERED COMMUNITIES: STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICIES |
29 BYU Journal of Public Law 183 (2014) |
When Samara Swanston was growing up in the Corona and East Elmhurst neighborhoods of Queens, New York, she played in vacant lots and small wetlands containing turtles, frogs, salamanders, and tent caterpillar nests in the trees. Decades later, the vacant lots that once served as playgrounds for jovial children had come to serve as local dumps for... |
2014 |
Yes |
| |
TOXIC COMMUNITIES: ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, AND RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY BY DORCETA E. TAYLOR (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS; 281 PAGES; 2014) |
55 Natural Resources Journal 236 (Fall 2014) |
Most people today are familiar with the basic contours of the environmental justice argument: racial and ethnic minorities and the poor are subjected to greater environmental risks and harm than other population groups. In Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility, Dorceta E. Taylor offers a much deeper... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Lea Lambert |
TRADING RIGHTS FOR GREENHOUSE GASES: THE DILEMMA OF CAP-AND-TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
24 George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal 205 (Spring 2014) |
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and quickly proceeded towards the city of New Orleans where the storm would prove to be beyond devastating for many residents. Though the impact of the devastation in New Orleans can be partly attributed to a lack of disaster preparedness and absence of political transparency,... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Alan Ramo |
U.S. MILITARY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: AN EXAMINation OF OKINAWA, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND JUDICIAL MILITARISM |
28 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 53 (Winter 2014) |
Local resistance to the relocation of a U.S. military base to a bay threatening an endangered sea mammal off the coast of the island of Okinawa raises important issues regarding the extraterritoriality of U.S. environmental laws, the role of the courts in reviewing military operations, and ultimately environmental justice. These issues are being... |
2014 |
Yes |
| Cameryn Rivera |
A FRESHER LAW: AMENDING THE FLORIDA RIGHT TO FARM ACT TO INCLUDE URBAN MICRO FARMING AS A KEY INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD ACCESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES |
8 Florida A & M University Law Review 385 (Spring, 2013) |
Introduction. 386 I. The History and Evolution of Urban Micro Farming: From Victory Gardens to Big City Farms. 388 II. Food Policy Concerns in Florida. 395 A. Tallahassee: Maintaining Sustainable Principles. 396 B. Jacksonville: The Necessity of Food Security. 397 C. Orlando: The Negative Impacts of Food Injustice. 401 III. The Florida Right To... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Alice Kaswan |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 149 (2012-2013) |
Anniversary editions prompt grand thinking about the past and the future, topped off with grand titles; this Essay is no exception. I thank the editors of the Fordham Environmental Law Review for the chance to step back from the fray and consider what the environmental justice movement has accomplished and the contributions it can offer to the... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Alan Ramo |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STATUTES: A NEW LOOK AT FEDERAL POLICIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AND CALIFORNIA'S RECENT INITIATIVES |
19 Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law, Policy 41 (Winter, 2013) |
I. Introduction II. Federal Environmental Justice Requirements A. The Roots of the Federal Environmental Justice Doctrine B. Federal Environmental Justice Law and NEPA C. Recent Federal Civil Rights Cases and Title VI's Viabiltiy III. California Environmental Justice Requirements IV. California Environmental Justice Requirements' Role in CEQA... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Jonathan C. Augustine |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE DEEP SOUTH: A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY REFLECTION ON STIMULUS AND CHANGE |
47 University of San Francisco Law Review 399 (Winter 2013) |
THE YEAR 2013 MARKS THE FIFTHIETH ANNIVERSARY OF Letter From Birmingham Jail, which was written by the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (King). King wrote the famous letter after his Good Friday arrest in Birmingham, Alabama, protesting against what he often called the iron feet of oppression. In responding to fellow clergy who called... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Paula Schauwecker |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REMAINS EPA, SEER FOCUS |
27-WTR Natural Resources & Environment 52 (Winter, 2013) |
Although there is no single definition of Environmental Justice (EJ), today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines it as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws,... |
2013 |
Yes |
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EPA ISSUES NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS |
23 No. 5 Air Pollution Consultant 1.6 (2013) |
EPA defines environmental justice as . the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and polices. The term fair treatment means that . no group of people should bear a... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Deborah Behles |
FROM DIRTY TO GREEN: INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
58 Villanova Law Review 25 (2013) |
THE stifling summer heat that raged across the nation was difficult for everyone, but one group had a more difficult time than others--those who could not afford to cool their homes. Disparities like these will likely only get worse. Poor communities of color that are already vulnerable and disproportionately impacted by pollution will shoulder a... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Haydn Davies , Birmingham City University, UK |
From Equal Protection to Private Law: What Future for Environmental Justice in U.S. Courts? |
2 British Journal of American Legal Studies 163 (Spring, 2013) |
The American instinct to cast controversies into a legal forum has been an American characteristic at least since Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835, Scarcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question. This essay discusses the past and future of the environmental justice... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Derrick Howard |
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN: INCORPORATING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO REGULATE NATURAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION |
7 Appalachian Natural Resources Law Journal 113 (2011-2013) |
113 Introduction. 114 Mining's Impact on the Environment and Health of Appalachian Basin Residents. 122 The Benefits and Banes of Fracking in the Appalachian Basin. 126 Historic Constraints to Regulating Fracking. 138 A. Consistent Leadership Needed. 139 B. Increased Disclosure Needed. 142 C. Litigation Is Cumbersome and Increases a... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Mike Ewall, Esq. |
LEGAL TOOLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY vs. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 4 (2012-2013) |
In 1982, when Benjamin Chavis coined the term environmental racism to describe the targeting of a black community in Warren County, North Carolina for a toxic waste dump, it brought together two powerful movements - the civil rights and environmental movements - into a growing force that would eventually reach the White House and the United... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Patrice Lumumba Simms |
ON DIVERSITY AND PUBLIC POLICYMAKING: AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE |
13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 14 (2012-2013) |
Over the course of the Twentieth Century, the environmental movement and the resulting adoption and implementation of increasingly protective environmental laws have literally changed America's social, political, and physical landscape. However, the character of our policymaking institutions - how they both perceive and fulfill their... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Angie McCarthy |
ON FERTILE GROUND: THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AS A UNIFIED FORCE FOR REFORMING TOXIC CHEMICAL REGULATION |
13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 20 (2012-2013) |
The Environmental Justice (EJ) and Reproductive Justice (RJ) movements share important common ground: They aim to improve socioeconomic conditions for those living in poverty, increase involvement of traditionally marginalized communities in policy decisions affecting them, and recognize the right of women to have healthy pregnancies and of... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Charles Prior |
PERMITTING PROBLEMS: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE MICCOSUKEE Indian TribE |
3 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 163 (2013) |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized tribe that works and resides in the Everglades region of the State of Florida. The Miccosukee have been battling lax water quality standards through lawsuits since the 1990's. Recent rulings in federal court held that the State of Florida has failed to comply with the Clean Water Act and... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Tony LoPresti |
REALIZING THE PROMISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS: THE RENEWED EFFORT TO ENFORCE TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 |
65 Administrative Law Review 757 (Fall 2013) |
The environmental justice movement has long pursued a viable mechanism for federal enforcement of environmental civil rights. No legal tool has inspired such high hopes--and such deep disappointment--as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Without a private right of action to enforce Title VI, advocates have focused on filing administrative... |
2013 |
Yes |
| E.A. Barry-Pheby |
THE GROWTH OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN INTERNationAL LAW: IN THE CONTEXT OF REGULATION OF THE ARCTIC'S OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY |
13 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 48 (2012-2013) |
The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by five coastal states (four of which are heavily industrialised). With its short food chain, and low temperatures, the Arctic Ocean is highly vulnerable to pollution. This marine environment is central to Arctic indigenous peoples existence: providing food, warmth, livelihood and cultural integrity. Yet the offshore... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Steve Herbert, Brandon Derman, Tiffany Grobelski |
THE REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE |
9 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 227 (2013) |
environmental law, environmental justice, environmental regulation, scale, scope The need to regulate environmental problems is of ever-increasing urgency. Yet the complexity of environmental dynamics challenges any regulatory scheme. We use this essay to describe and assess some of these challenges. We deploy the terms scope and scale as analytic... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Sara Imperiale, Wang Pian Pian |
WASTE INCINERATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES |
14 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 435 (Spring, 2013) |
Introduction. 436 I. The Waste Disposal Problem in China. 437 II. Defining Community Participation. 440 III. Participation through EIAs in China. 443 A. Relevant EIA Laws and Regulations. 443 B. Implementation Challenges. 445 C. Chinese Case Studies. 448 1. High Participation Capacity Community: Panyu, Guangzhou Province. 448 2. Low Participation... |
2013 |
Yes |
| Gavin Kentch |
A CORPORATE CULTURE? THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHALLENGES OF THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 813 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3813. I. Historical Background: ANCSA and the Creation of the Alaska Native Corporations. 814 II. Analysis. 819 A. Theory: An Imperfect Solution? Native Corporations and Procedural Justice. 819 1. Board of Directors Composition and Village Access to Decision Making. 820 2. Proxies and Afterborns. 822 3. Village Corporations vs.... |
2012 |
Yes |
| M.W. Marinakos |
A MIGHTY WIND: THE TURBULENT TIMES OF AMERICA'S FIRST OFFSHORE WIND FARM AND THE INVERSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
2 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 82 (Summer, 2012) |
In 2001, Cape Wind Associates announced its proposal to construct America's first offshore wind farm in the federal waters of Nantucket Sound. This declaration touched off a storm of law suits, fund raising, and protests in the press that still rages to this day. Political pundits and environmental groups of every stripe have taken some surprising... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Antonius R. Hippolyte |
CALLS FOR NationAL INTERVENTION IN THE TOXIC WASTE TRADE WITH AFRICA: A CONTEMPORARY ISSUE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEBATE |
58 Loyola Law Review 301 (Summer 2012) |
[T]he greatest environmental injustices are between the developed and the developing world. There is injustice internationally which those of us who believe in a fairer distribution of power, wealth and opportunity cannot and will not accept. Environmentalists argue that calls for environmental justice have grown recently, while economists... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Alec D. Van Ryan |
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: ONE POINT OF VIEW ON THE EPA'S NEWLY REDEFINED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE & PATH FORWARD STRATEGIES FOR COUNSEL AND INDUSTRY |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 691 (2012) |
Common sense is not so common. Voltaire This paper is both a departure and an arrival. A departure in that as I began my career as a journalist I tried to avoid dabbling in the first person . and yet I find that perhaps my account of the journey along the environmental justice pathway is best told from my point of view since there are other... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Joseph Lam |
COUPLING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH CARBON TRADING |
12 Sustainable Development Law & Policy 40 (Winter, 2012) |
Cap and trade has become the mechanism of choice for many American lawmakers seeking to address the global issue of climate change. The recent adoption of the California cap and trade system has further spurred present discussions on whether a domestic cap and trade system to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be most effective in... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Nerissa-Anne D. Robinson |
DEFERRING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MISSISSIPPI: AGENCY DEFERENCE LEGACY IMPACTS SOUTHERN Black COMMUNITIES |
6 Southern Region Black Law Students Association Law Journal 100 (Spring 2012) |
Case Note of the Year Some may wish they were in Dixie, but for residents of Hinds County, Mississippi, this is questionable. Their home has become a hot spot for garbage dumps. Unfortunately, the problem has worsened since Mississippi courts have sided with the permitting board and commission that allowed the opening of a new dump. In Hinds... |
2012 |
Yes |
| James M. Van Nostrand |
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: HOW STATES CAN INTEGRATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INTO ENERGY-RELATED PROCEEDINGS |
61 Catholic University Law Review 701 (Summer, 2012) |
I. Specific Energy-Related Proceedings. 705 A. Public Service Commission's Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) Proceeding. 707 1. Background. 707 2. Working Group VIII Final Report. 708 3. The Technical Study Group's Initial Assessment. 710 4. The PSC's Demand-Response Proceeding. 711 B. RGGI Advisory Group. 714 1. Background. 714 2.... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Jonathan C. Augustine |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ESCHATOLOGY IN REVELATION |
58 Loyola Law Review 325 (Summer 2012) |
The concept of environmental justice is not new. While some scholars and activists trace its origins as part of the ongoing American Civil Rights Movement--a movement which emerged within the interdisciplinary connection of law and religion--this Essay argues that the concept of environmental justice has deep origins in the Holy Bible. With a... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Tom E.R.B. West |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND INTERNationAL CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION: A COSMOPOLITAN PERSPECTIVE |
25 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 129 (2012) |
International climate change negotiations are fraught with indecision, conflicting opinions and confusion and are, as a consequence, constantly in danger of reaching a no-score draw stalemate. The unwieldy complexities of the political, scientific, legal and social challenges of climate change reinforce one another to the extent that a clear... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Hari M. Osofsky, Kate Baxter-Kauf, Bradley Hammer, Ann Mailander, Brett Mares, Amy Pikovsky, Andrew Whitney, Laura Wilson |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL |
20 New York University Environmental Law Journal 99 (2012) |
This Article analyzes the environmental justice implications of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and proposes ways to better address these concerns currently and in the future. It explores the justice problems that have arisen with respect to the spill response, compensation, and employment and workers. The Article argues that these problems... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Albert Huang |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT: A CRITICAL CROSSROADS |
43 No. 4 ABA Trends 6 (March/April, 2012) |
Environmental justice (EJ) is a grassroots, community-based movement that addresses the disproportionate burden of toxic pollution and lack of environment benefits/amenities borne by low-income communities and communities of color. From a litigation perspective, the movement has mostly relied on traditional environmental laws to address... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Alexandra Dapolito Dunn , Adam Weiss |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN PERMITTING: STATE INNOVATIONS TO ADVANCE ACCOUNTABILITY |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 747 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3747. I. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Approach. 752 II. State Approaches. 754 A. A Policy Approach--Illinois. 755 B. An EJ Permit Policy--New York. 758 C. A Statutory Approach--Connecticut. 761 III. Moving States Forward. 765 L1-2Conclusion . R3768. |
2012 |
Yes |
| Uma Outka |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION |
19 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 60 (Summer, 2012) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. Introduction. 62 II. The Role of Renewable Energy in Sustainable Development. 67 III. Environmental Justice Issues For Renewable Energy. 74 A. Community Context for Renewable Energy Siting. 75 1. Wind and Solar. 77 2. Biomass. 81 B. Defining Renewable Energy in Law. 86 C. Renewable Energy and Green Economy Access. 92 IV.... |
2012 |
Yes |