| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| 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 |
| |
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 |
| David Deganian |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ON MY MIND: MOVING GEORGIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION TOWARD THE CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN PERMITTING |
2 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 33 (Summer, 2012) |
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... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Jingjing Liu |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN USING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION TO STRENGTHEN ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
7 Florida A & M University Law Review 229 (Spring 2012) |
I. Introduction. 230 II. Environmental Justice in the Chinese Context. 231 A. Environmental Disparities Between Eastern and Western Regions. 234 B. Environmental Disparities Between Urban and Rural Areas. 235 C. Migrant Workers as a Vulnerable Group to Environmental Risks. 237 III. Employing Environmental Public Interest Litigation to Improve... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Nicholas C. Christiansen |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: DECIPHERING THE MAZE OF A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 843 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3844. I. The Failed Legal Tactic of the Equal Protection Doctrine. 849 A. Equal Protection Jurisprudence: A Brief Background. 849 B. Hammering a Square Peg in a Round Hole: The Equal Protection Doctrine and Environmental Justice Litigation. 852 II. The Attempt at Rectifying Environmental Racism: From Executive Orders to... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Eileen Gauna |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABILITY: THREE FRAMEWORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
19 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 34 (Summer, 2012) |
Prominent environmental justice activist Deeohn Ferris once quipped, We are all in a sinking ship, people of color and poor are just closer to the hole. This metaphor captures the intuitive idea that we really cannot get to a sustainable level of development until we deal with the very hard set of issues that have been raised by those in the... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Kevin C. Foy |
HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTH IS: THE CONVERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND GREEN BUILDING |
30 Pace Environmental Law Review 1 (Fall 2012) |
Housing in the United States, at least prior to the recent economic downturn, came to be viewed as an investment that grew over time, and which could then be cashed in either for better housing or for other uses, much like a growth stock or savings account. But housing's fundamental purpose is to provide a decent place to live-a comfortable place... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Evan Barret Smith |
IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN APPALACHIA: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENSES OF LAW AND DOCUMENTARIES |
4 William & Mary Policy Review 170 (Fall, 2012) |
Mountaintop removal is a form of mining that has major effects on the ecology and people of central Appalachia. The practice has gained increased attention from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and popular cultural sources as an environmental justice issue. Recent decisions by the EPA incorporate an environmental justice analysis as... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Dr. Derek Fincham |
JUSTICE AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE MOVEMENT: USING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO APPRAISE ART AND ANTIQUITIES DISPUTES |
20 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 43 (Fall 2012) |
What does justice require? This paper aims to spark a conversation about the role of justice in art and antiquities disputes by introducing the concept of cultural justice. Borrowing from a principle known as environmental justice, cultural justice allows the application of critical scrutiny to the law and norms that govern cultural heritage. The... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Joseph Lam |
SPURRING ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THROUGH CAP AND TRADE |
2 Chicago-Kent Journal of Environmental and Energy Law 1 (2011-2012) |
As proposed cap and trade programs for greenhouse gases gain political traction because of their averred market-based efficiencies, many environmental justice advocates have expressed concern about localized effects from cap and trade hot spots. The Article analyzes the conflicts between market-based pollution trading systems, i.e., cap and trade... |
2012 |
Yes |
| John C. Dernbach , Patricia E. Salkin , Donald A. Brown |
SUSTAINABILITY AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
19 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 1 (Summer, 2012) |
I. The Environmental Justice Foundation of Sustainable Development. 5 L1 A. Environmental Degradation Adversely Affects Human Well-Being. L25 B. Two Responses. 11 1. Sustainable Development. 11 2. Environmental Justice. 14 C. Sustainable Development as a Helpful Way of Framing Environmental Justice Issues. 17 II. How Sustainability Can Improve U.S.... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Joan D. Flocks |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE OF FARMWORKER PESTICIDE EXPOSURE |
19 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 255 (Spring, 2012) |
Farmworkers in the United States are recognized as an environmental justice community. The farmworker population is low-income and primarily Hispanic, and is at a disproportionate risk from exposure to an environmental contaminant--pesticides. Farmworkers face distributional, procedural, corrective, and social challenges with this exposure, as is... |
2012 |
Yes |
| April Hendricks Killcreas |
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ACTION: ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN MISSISSIPPI |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 769 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3769. I. From Environmental Racism to Environmental Justice. 773 II. The Road to Environmental Justice: The Early Movement. 778 III. Environmental Injustice in Mississippi. 782 A. Turkey Creek--Harrison County, Mississippi. 782 B. Eastmoor Estates--Moorhead, Mississippi. 787 IV. Remedying the Injustice. 791 A. Legislative... |
2012 |
Yes |
| David W. Case |
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
81 Mississippi Law Journal 701 (2012) |
L1-2Introduction . R3701. I. Federal Environmental Justice Policy. 706 II. Federal Policy on Information and Environmental Justice. 718 III. Environmental Justice Information: Tools and Sources. 724 A. EPA's Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool (EJSEAT). 725 B. EPA's EJView. 729 C. EPA's Community Cumulative Assessment Tool... |
2012 |
Yes |
| Raina Wagner |
ADAPTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEMANDS A COMBINED ADAPTATION-MITIGATION RESPONSE |
2 Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 153 (2011) |
The Environmental Justice Movement of the late twentieth century had a lofty goal: to protect poor and minority communities from being adversely affected by environmental harms such as toxic waste dumps and polluted waters. Many agree that today's greatest environmental danger is climate change, a worldwide problem with intensely local impacts; and... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Shannon M. Roesler |
ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES: A CAPABILITY APPROACH TO RULEMAKING |
114 West Virginia Law Review 49 (Fall, 2011) |
I. Introduction. 50 II. Defining the Justice in Environmental Justice: Theoretical Foundations. 54 A. The Distribution of Environmental Bads and Goods: Empirical Evidence. 56 B. Theorizing Fair Distribution. 59 1. The Background Conditions for Application of the Difference Principle. 62 2. Primary Goods: Is This All We Need to Know?. 67 C. The... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CRITIQUE OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: IndigenOUS PEOPLES, TRADE POLICY, AND THE MEXICAN NEOLIBERAL ECONOMIC REFORMS |
32 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 723 (Spring 2011) |
1. Introduction. 724 2. Environmental Justice and Trade Agreements. 727 3. The Theory of Comparative Advantage: An Introduction. 736 4. Case Study: The Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms. 740 4.1. The Significance of the Corn Sector in Mexico and the United States. 741 4.2. Background to the Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms. 745 4.3. NAFTA,... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Jeanne Marie Zokovitch Paben |
APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: A CASE STUDY OF ONE COMMUNITY'S VICTORY |
20 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 235 (Spring 2011) |
Environmental law encompasses many different areas. One aspect of environmental law is environmental justice. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (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,... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Julie Sze |
Asian AMERICAN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM UNDER NEOLIBERAL URBANISM |
18 Asian American Law Journal 5 (2011) |
Environmental justice, as an academic field, has ignored the conceptual contributions of Asian immigrant and Asian American activists of color, partly because of a focus on distributive justice instead of procedural justice. The goal of procedural justice is to secure self-representation for disenfranchised community members in crucial... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Colin Crawford |
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND THE NOTION OF POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
32 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 911 (Spring 2011) |
Environmental justice scholars have noted that, in the United States, there is less empirical work documenting disparities in environmental benefits than there is empirical study documenting the inequitable distribution and cumulative impact of multiple environmental burdens. The fact that much less has been done with respect to environmental... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Raina Wagner |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: DOES 20TH-CENTURY ACTIVISM HAVE A PLACE IN A 21ST-CENTURY CRISIS? |
2 Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 1 (April, 2011) |
During the 1970s and '80s, American scientists, researchers and activists began to make a connection between race and class and exposure to environmental harms. Inhabitants of poor and minority communities and neighborhoods faced far higher probability of exposure to health-damaging environmental toxins than others. Peoplerevolted against the... |
2011 |
Yes |
| Julia C. Rinne, Carol E. Dinkins |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: MERGING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND ETHICS |
25-WTR Natural Resources & Environment 3 (Winter 2011) |
The environmental justice movement seeks to create equal access to ecological resources and equal protection from environmental hazards for all persons. Given these objectives, many view environmental justice as merely an attempt to provide equitable distribution of environmental burdens and benefits. This characterization fails to recognize that... |
2011 |
Yes |