| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| Xochitl Rodriguez |
POVERTY'S POISON: CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER, ITS EFFECT ON IMPOVERISHED YOUTH AND MEDICAID'S ROLE |
28 Annals of Health Law Advance Directive 235 (Fall, 2018) |
Environmental racism is structural violence promulgated by the exploitation of those without resources by those in economic and political power. The United States' legacy of racism and discrimination promotes inequalities by ensuring that minority and economically destitute populations remain stereotyped and locked in poverty. These stereotypes... |
2018 |
Yes |
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RCRA AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS TO COMPEL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION |
131 Harvard Law Review 2409 (June, 2018) |
The spate of natural disasters in 2017 palpably illustrated how ill-prepared the United States is for climate change. And though all Americans have contributed to greenhouse gas emissions driving this phenomenon, they will not equitably share the effects of climate change--related disasters. Many communities--particularly low-income communities and... |
2018 |
Yes |
| Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg |
ROOT AND BRANCH: THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
19 Nevada Law Journal 509 (Winter 2018) |
[The Thirteenth Amendment] abolishes slavery . root and branch. It abolishes it in the general and the particular .. Any other interpretation belittles the great amendment and allows slavery still to linger among us in some of its insufferable pretensions. C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 510 I. Environmental Justice and Traditional... |
2018 |
Yes |
| Lindsey Dillon |
THE BREATHERS OF BAYVIEW HILL: REDEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN SOUTHEAST SAN FRANCISCO |
24 Hastings Environmental Law Journal 227 (Summer, 2018) |
The bus idled on a hilly residential street overlooking the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard--an irregularly shaped expanse of largely man-made land, extending into the San Francisco Bay from the southeastern edge of the city. It was a clear day in February 2015. Staff members from the city of San Francisco's environmental, health, and public works... |
2018 |
Yes |
| Jedediah Purdy |
THE LONG ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT |
44 Ecology Law Quarterly 809 (2018) |
The standpoint of environmental justice has become integral to environmental law in the last thirty years. Environmental justice criticizes mainstream environmental law and advocacy institutions on three main fronts: for paying too little attention to the distributive effects of environmental policy; for emphasizing elite and professional advocacy... |
2018 |
Yes |
| Nicky Sheats |
ACHIEVING EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICY |
41 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 377 (Winter, 2017) |
The Clean Power Plan rule is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory method of reducing the nation's carbon dioxide emissions and, by doing so, of fighting climate change. There was very little in the original Clean Power Plan proposal that addressed environmental justice (EJ) using section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act as... |
2017 |
Yes |
| David A. Dana , Deborah Tuerkheimer |
AFTER FLINT: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS EQUAL PROTECTION |
111 Northwestern University Law Review Online 93 (January 17, 2017) |
The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan has captivated the nation, prompting calls for reform. For its part, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reaffirmed that environmental justice is a priority. Even so, the discourse surrounding Flint's aftermath has been surprisingly unimaginative. We offer a somewhat different way of... |
2017 |
Yes |
| David A. Dana, Deborah Tuerkheimer |
AFTER FLINT: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS EQUAL PROTECTION |
111 Northwestern University Law Review 879 (2017) |
This Essay conceptualizes the Flint water crisis as an archetypical case of underenforcement--that is, a denial of the equal protection of laws guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Viewed as such, the inadequacy of environmental regulation can be understood as a failure that extends beyond the confines of Flint; a failure that demands a... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Richard A. Marcantonio, Aaron Golub, Alex Karner, Louise Nelson Dyble |
CONFRONTING INEQUALITY IN METROPOLITAN REGIONS: REALIZING THE PROMISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING |
44 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1017 (August, 2017) |
Introduction. 1018 I. The Metropolitan Region and Regional Inequity. 1022 A. Early Suburbanization. 1023 B. White Flight, Subsidized Post-War Suburbanization, and Effects on Central Cities. 1024 1. Federal Transportation Policy Accelerates Suburbanization and Wreaks Urban Destruction. 1026 2. Increasing Citizen Participation and the Emergence of... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Andrea C. Armstrong |
DEATH ROW CONDITIONS THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LENS |
70 Arkansas Law Review 203 (2017) |
Glenn Ford lived on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary for twenty-nine years, three months and five days. Typically, he was confined in his cell for at least twenty-three hours of a given day, seven days a week. Glenn was convicted of the armed robbery and murder of Isadore Rozeman. After prosecutors Martin Stroud and Carey Schimpf used six... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Joshua V. Berliner |
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE/RACISM IN FLINT, MICHIGAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BODILY INTEGRITY CLAIM IN MAYS v. SNYDER AS COMPARED TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CASES |
35 Pace Environmental Law Review 108 (Fall, 2017) |
L1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction 109 II. Summary of Alleged Facts from the Complaint 112 III. The Case Law on Bodily Integrity Claims 115 A. 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 and Bodily Integrity Generally 115 B. Bodily Integrity Claims in the Environmental Justice Context 116 IV. The Flint Residents' Bodily Integrity Claim 118 V. Applying the Case Law to... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Cecilia Martinez |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE CLEAN POWER PLAN: THE CASE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY |
41 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 605 (Spring, 2017) |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in August 2015, and is the first major federal regulation to address climate change. The CPP is a landmark rule, setting carbon dioxide (CO2) standards on existing power plants in the U.S. The promise of the CPP is to reduce CO2 by 32% from 2005 levels in 2030.... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Elizabeth Ann Kronk Warner |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: A NECESSARY LENS TO EFFECTIVELY VIEW ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO IndigenOUS SURVIVAL |
26 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 343 (Summer, 2017) |
I. Introduction. 343 II. Environmental Justice and Indigenous Communities. 344 A. Tribal Sovereignty. 346 B. Federal Trust Relationship with Native Nations. 348 C. Unique Tribal Connection to the Land and Environment. 350 D. International Considerations. 351 III. Case Study: Protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. 355 IV. Case Study: Negative... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, AND COLD WAR HUMAN RIGHTS |
26 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 281 (Summer, 2017) |
I. International Law in U.S. Courts Before World War II. 285 II. Cold War Human Rights. 288 A. International Human Rights at the United Nations: The U.N. Human Rights Petitions. 290 B. International Human Rights Law in the United States. 294 III. The Mossville Case Study. 298 A. U.S. Environmental and Antidiscrimination Law. 301 B. The Mossville... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Tracy-Lynn Humby |
EVALUATING THE VALUE OF TWAIL, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND DECOLONIZATION DISCOURSES AS FRAMING LENSES FOR INTERNationAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
26 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 317 (Summer, 2017) |
Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and environmental justice have been used as lenses to critique and reform international law and international environmental law. This contribution examines the analytical value of these framing lenses alongside the value of the discourse of decolonization and Fallism associated with South... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Uma Outka |
FAIRNESS IN THE LOW-CARBON SHIFT: LEARNING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
82 Brooklyn Law Review 789 (Winter, 2017) |
The environmental justice movement in the United States forged a pivotal connection among concerns for social justice, civil rights, and environmental protection. At a time when the federal environmental statutes enacted in the early 1970s were beginning to mature, the movement drew critical attention to the disproportionate environmental harm... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Clifford J. Villa |
FIGHTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: THE LIFE AND WORK OF PROFESSOR EILEEN GAUNA |
57 Natural Resources Journal 519 (Summer, 2017) |
Among the many fans of Emerita Professor Eileen Gauna, I probably have one of the thinnest claims to the honor of composing this tribute, having only spent one year with Professor Gauna before her official retirement from the University of New Mexico (UNM) law faculty in 2016. And yet, I would not be here on the UNM law faculty were it not for... |
2017 |
Yes |
| R. Shea Diaz |
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: EVALUATING CLAIMS, CAUSES, AND SOLUTIONS |
29 Georgetown Environmental Law Review 767 (Summer, 2017) |
The Environmental Justice (EJ) Movement fights to remedy the disproportionate toxic exposure experienced by low-income and minority communities. This Note investigates three questions arising from the EJ Movement's basic claim: (I) What empirical research, if any, evidences environmental injustice; (II) What causal theories are most supported by... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez , Sumudu Atapattu |
INTERNationAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH |
26 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 229 (Summer, 2017) |
On October 28, 2016, the student editors of the Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems (TLCP) hosted a symposium to honor the late Professor Burns Weston, to celebrate the publication of International Environmental Law and the Global South, and to use the book as the foundation for further scholarly inquiry. The symposium featured... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Benjamin F. Wilson |
IT'S NOT "JUST" ZONING: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LAND USE |
49 Urban Lawyer 717 (Fall, 2017) |
Environmental justice issues receive national attention on a regular basis. Today, many law schools have entire courses and even environmental law clinics dedicated to environmental justice, and academics, practitioners, and government agencies devote resources and attention to addressing the issue. Several law schools, including Vermont Law... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Patrice L. Simms |
LEVERAGING SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: TOWARD AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR EMPOWERING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
47 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10511 (June, 2017) |
Environmental justice communities are especially disadvantaged when it comes to direct community intervention in matters critical to their well-being. Opportunities may exist, however, to institutionalize resources for those communities' benefit. In particular, environmental enforcement actions could prove a reliable and effective conduit to access... |
2017 |
Yes |
| David M. Ong |
PROSPECTS FOR TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF KOSOVO |
30 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 217 (Summer, 2017) |
Environmental justice is arguably a neglected aspect in the pursuit of transitional justice within post-conflict societies. The international and European institutional and legal frameworks that are currently applicable within Kosovo present a suitable backdrop against which to examine the different legal pathways towards providing for... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Brian W. Jewett , Heather E. Campbell |
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: REVIEWING FEDERAL ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND FEDERAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
52 Tulsa Law Review 427 (Spring, 2017) |
James R. Skillen, Federal Ecosystem Management: Its Rise, Fall, and Afterlife (University Press of Kansas 2015). Pp. 272. Hardcover $45.00.. David M. Konisky, ed., Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government's Response to Environmental Justice (The MIT Press 2015). Pp. 296. Hardcover $53.00. Paperback $30.00.. The 1970s was a watershed... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Deepa Badrinarayana |
THE "RIGHT" RIGHT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: WHAT WE CAN DISCERN FROM THE AMERICAN AND Indian CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE |
43 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 75 (2017) |
Introduction. 76 I. Environmental Protection and the U.S. Constitution. 83 A. Understanding the Environmental Justice Problem. 83 B. Constitutional Law and Environmental Justice. 86 II. Environmental Protection and the Indian Constitution. 96 A. Constitutional Law and Environmental Protection in India. 97 1. The Supreme Court's Interpretation of... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Pearl Kan, William Parkin |
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DURING CHANGING TIMES |
48 No. 5 ABA Trends 15 (May/June, 2017) |
On March 8, 2017, long-time senior environmental justice advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mustafa Santiago Ali, tendered his resignation to the recently appointed EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt. On the heels of Mr. Ali's resignation, President Trump released his budget blueprint, which called for reducing the EPA's budget... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Marianne Engelman Lado |
TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONTEXT: STEP ONE: ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM |
29 Fordham Environmental Law Review 1 (Symposium, 2017) |
In 2016, the Flint Water Advisory Task Force, a group appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to review the contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, reached the inescapable conclusion that the Flint water crisis was a case of environmental justice. The Task Force reported, Flint residents, who are majority Black or African American and... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Jeff Todd |
TRADE TREATIES, CITIZEN SUBMISSIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
44 Ecology Law Quarterly 89 (2017) |
The history of the U.S. environmental justice movement reveals that successful campaigns are seldom waged solely through litigation. Instead, communities have employed litigation and administrative actions as part of a broader grassroots struggle to achieve short- and long-term change. Even when not successful on the merits, such actions can... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Jonathon Lubrano |
WATER, LEAD, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: EASING THE FLINT WATER CRISIS WITH A PUBLIC WATER CONTAMINation LIABILITY FUND |
42 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 331 (Fall, 2017) |
On April 25, 2014, the city of Flint, Michigan switched water sources from the Detroit Water and Sewage Department to the Flint River. By the next month, residents were already complaining about color and smell. It wasn't until August 2014, four months after the switch, that high levels of dangerous bacteria were detected, requiring residents to... |
2017 |
Yes |
| Nicholas J. Schroeck |
A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN CHINA: THE RIPE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINICS TO INCREASE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND TO SHAPE LAW AND POLICY |
18 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 1 (Fall, 2016) |
Introduction. 1 I. Environmental Pollution and Fundamental Changes to Chinese Environmental Law. 2 China's Revised Environmental Protection Law. 3 II. Environmental Policy and the Essential Role of Environmental Law Clinics. 5 United States Environmental Law Clinics Working for Environmental Justice. 8 III. United States Environmental Law Clinics... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Suzi Ruhl, Jonathan Ostar |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
33 No. 3 GPSolo 42 (May/June, 2016) |
Over the past 50 years, the United States has made great strides in protecting the environment and public health while also ensuring fair treatment under the law. Environmental laws and regulations generally require increased scrutiny and consideration of environmental and health impacts in environmental decision making, while civil rights laws and... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Catherine Millas Kaiman |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY-BASED REPARATIONS |
39 Seattle University Law Review 1327 (Summer, 2016) |
C1-2Contents Introduction. 1328 I. Environmental Justice Case Study: Old Smokey. 1331 II. The Environmental Justice Movement. 1334 A. The Early Days of Environmental Justice. 1336 B. Environmental Justice Progress. 1338 III. Tools and Barriers. 1339 A. Environmental Laws. 1340 1. National Environmental Protection Act. 1342 2. Executive Order... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Shannon Joyce Prince |
GREEN IS THE NEW Black: African american LITERATURE INFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LAW |
32 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 33 (2016) |
Introduction. 34 I. Trees Are People Too?. 34 II. Greenlining. 38 III. What's the Fairest of Them All?. 41 IV. The Black (Family) Tree. 46 V. Savage Conservation. 57 VI. Green Like Me?. 66 Conclusion. 70 |
2016 |
Yes |
| Eric Anthony DeBellis , Senior Executive Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly |
IMPLEMENTING SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT POLICIES TO PROMOTE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE |
3/14/2016 Georgetown Environmental Law Review Online 1 (March 14, 2016) |
The overwhelming majority of environmental enforcement actions settle out of court, but overlooking settlements as merely a mechanical means to save time and court costs is a mistake. An agency's approach to settlement has tremendous environmental justice implications that go largely unnoticed. In a traditional enforcement settlement model, the... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Luisa Ferreira-Peralta |
MINING IN COLOMBIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: HOW THE "POPULAR CONSULTATION" PROCESS WORKS IN PRACTICE |
46 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10416 (May, 2016) |
This Article examines how the Latin American procedure of popular consultation has been used as a mechanism for resisting the development of an open-pit gold mine in Colombia, and analyzes how Colombian communities are using the procedure to have meaningful involvement in environmental decisionmaking. A close study suggests that communities were... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Erica J. Shell |
PETCOKE: HOW AN OUTDATED AND INCONSISTENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK DEFEATS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN DETROIT |
17 Journal of Law in Society 3 (Spring, 2016) |
I. Introduction. 3 A. Environmental Injustice in America's Industrial Capital. 5 B. Petcoke-What Is It and How Did It Get Here?. 8 II. Background of Petcoke Production and Storage in Detroit. 9 A. Marathon's Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project (DHOUP). 9 B. Environmental Impacts of Petcoke Production. 13 C. Detroit's Pile as a Lens to View Regulatory... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Nathalie Prescott |
PRISONER (IN)CONSIDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSES |
5/31/2016 Georgetown Environmental Law Review Online 1 (May 31, 2016) |
In October 2015, health officials in Flint, Michigan issued a public health declaration urging residents not to drink the city's tap water after tests showed high lead levels in children's blood. The city had switched tap water sources in April 2014 from Lake Huron by way of Detroit to the Flint River to save money. For more than a year, residents... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Christopher D. Ahlers |
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND AIR POLLUTION: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
46 Environmental Law 713 (Fall, 2016) |
Environmental justice recognizes that low-income, minority communities are disproportionately affected by air pollution, and that this problem should be addressed through environmental law and policy. While it is easy to identify general relationships between poverty, demographic patterns, and air pollution, it is far more difficult to demonstrate... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Rachael E. Salcido |
REVIVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENDA |
91 Chicago-Kent Law Review 115 (2016) |
I. Introduction. 115 II. Environmental Justice in the U.S.. 118 III. Obama Administration EJ Actions. 122 A. Structural Actions. 122 1. EJ Plan 2014 and EJ Plan 2020. 122 2. Interagency Working Group. 126 3. Data Collection. 127 B. Grant Programming. 128 C. Regulatory and Enforcement Actions. 129 IV. E.O. Limits and Tensions of Environmental Law... |
2016 |
Yes |
| J. Michael Angstadt |
SECURING ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS AND TribUNALS: A CASE IN DIVERSITY |
17 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 345 (Spring, 2016) |
Introduction. 346 I. Access to Justice and Pressing Societal Issues. 347 A. Indigenous Rights. 349 B. Environmental Justice. 349 II. Specialized Courts: An Institutional Mechanism for Enhancing Access to Justice?. 350 III. Method and Cases. 352 A. India. 352 B. New Zealand. 355 IV. Analysis. 357 A. Standing. 358 1. India National Green Tribunal.... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Geneva E.B. Thompson |
THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF SOVEREIGNTY BY THE BARREL: HOW NATIVE NationS CAN WIELD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE HARMS OF FRACKING |
63 UCLA Law Review 1818 (August, 2016) |
Natural resource extraction has become an appealing form of economic growth for many Native nations. Nations have experienced booming economic growth and prosperity from oil and gas development, but this has come at the expense of environmental and social harms to their communities. These environmental and social harms develop because the oil and... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF BIOFUELS |
20 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 229 (Spring, 2016) |
Analyses of the viability of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels have often adopted a technocratic approach that focuses on environmental consequences, but places less emphasis on the impact that biofuels may have on vulnerable populations. This Article fills the gap in the existing literature by evaluating biofuels through the lens of... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Nicole Zub |
THE NATURE OF EQUALITY: PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN KENTUCKY VIA THE FAIR HOUSING ACT |
8 Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law 591 (2015-2016) |
Across the United States, certain communities are subjected to more environmental hazards and pollution than others. A visit to any of the major cities will illuminate the disparities in living and working conditions for particular neighborhoods and populations. Despite that state environmental agencies are subject to Title VI of the Civil Rights... |
2016 |
Yes |
| Caspar S. Miller |
A STATE OF INJUSTICE: APPLICATION OF AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
36 Whittier Law Review 333 (Winter 2015) |
As society progresses in technology and industry, the greater the demand and stress upon the environment to fuel this advancement. Unfortunately, there is an end to every road, a place where waste and byproducts of industry go -- to facilities such as landfills, industrial plants, truck depots, or hazardous waste sites. Unsurprisingly, these sites... |
2015 |
Yes |
| McCall Baugh |
AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE: HOW NationAL SECURITY DEFERENCE ERODES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
8 Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal 81 (Spring, 2015) |
Environmental justice proponents seek equal treatment of every community regardless of color or socio-economic status. In particular, advocates highlight the environmental hazards that disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities. Much like other civil rights and environmental causes, environmental justice enjoyed an auspicious,... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Ann M. Eisenberg |
BEYOND SCIENCE AND HYSTERIA: REALITY AND PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS SURROUNDING MARCELLUS AND UTICA SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT |
77 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 183 (Winter, 2015) |
The debate surrounding the use of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking or HF) to extract natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale deposits is often characterized as a tension between economic development and environmental risks. However, frequently missing from this dichotomy is the fact that the concerns of many who oppose HF use... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Anu Paulose |
ECONOMIC HAZARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR LOWER-INCOME HOUSING TENANTS |
39 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 507 (Winter, 2015) |
Proponents of environmental justice have long been aware that minorities and low-income individuals often bear a disproportionate share of environmental costs. This situation is highlighted by the affordable housing crisis in the United States. Providing affordable housing that is environmentally sound requires balancing a number of interests:... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Linda A. Malone |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REIMAGINED THROUGH HUMAN SECURITY AND POST-MODERN ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM: A NEGLECTED PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
38 Fordham International Law Journal 1445 (August, 2015) |
INTRODUCTION. 1445 I.THE OVERLOOKED VALUE OF ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM AS A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. 1450 II.RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 1455 III.REDEFINING THE STATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 1459 IV.AN ECOFEMINIST CASE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMAS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. 1462 V.A PROPOSAL FOR POST-MODERN FEMINISM. 1466 CONCLUSION.... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH |
13 Santa Clara Journal of International Law 151 (2015) |
From the Ogoni people devastated by oil drilling in Nigeria to the Inuit and other indigenous populations threatened by climate change, communities disparately burdened by environmental degradation are increasingly framing their demands for environmental justice in the language of human rights. Domestic and international tribunals have concluded... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Barry E. Hill |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: LEGAL THEORY AND PRACTICE |
45 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10236 (March, 2015) |
This Article is adapted from Barry E. Hill, Environmental Justice: Legal Theory and Practice (3d ed. 2014), published by ELI Press. This textbook/handbook explores how environmental justice concerns are framed, addressed, and resolved in the United States through acts of civil disobedience; federal, state, and local government initiatives;... |
2015 |
Yes |
| Liza Guerra Garcia |
FREE THE LAND : A CALL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-INDUCED FOOD INSECURITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
41 William Mitchell Law Review 572 (2015) |
I. Introduction. 573 II. Climate Change. 574 A. The Science of Climate Change. 576 B. Impacts and Projections. 577 C. Minnesota's Changing Climate. 580 III. Overview of Environmental Justice. 582 IV. Environmental Justice and Food Security. 585 A. The Nexus of Environmental Justice, Vulnerability, and Food Insecurity. 585 B. Urban Indigenous... |
2015 |
Yes |