Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition offers a current overview of the environmental inequities faced by poor and minority communities and the development of the grassroots movement working to address them.Building on the original edition's focus on the link between social inequalities and the uneven distribution of environmental hazards in the air, water, and soil, Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition presents a contemporary look at the convergence of the environmental movement and civil rights activism.Environmental Justice, Second Edition follows the rise and maturation of the movement focused on environmental racism, describes solutions that have been implemented, and examines issues that remain unresolved. The book offers a wealth of new data and information, particularly in its expanded coverage of environmental disparities in developing countries and its rich bibliography of print and online resources.

An new annotated bibliography of books, articles, reports, and Internet sources on the subject of environmental justice

List of TablesPreface1 Background and HistoryWarren County, North Carolina: September 15, 1982Environmental Inequities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental JusticeExamples of Environmental InequitiesWest Dallas, TexasChurchrock, New Mexico"Cancer Alley,"Pesticide ExposureConsumption of Toxic Fish from the Detroit RiverProposed Select Steel Corporation Plant (Flint, Michigan)Sweet Valley and Cobb Town, AlabamaWest Harlem Environmental Action and Diesel BusesSouthern Nuclear Operating CompanyEnvironmental Justice: Environmentalism and Civil RightsThe Modern Environmental MovementThe Civil Rights MovementEnvironmental Justice Comes of AgeThe Commission on Racial Justice of the United Church of ChristThe Michigan ConferenceGovernmental Recognition in the 1990sFirst National People of Color Environmental Leadership SummitEnvironmental Justice as a Social MovementGrowth and ChallengesReferences2 Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsDo Environmental Inequities Actually Exist?Progress and Environmental DegradationNIMBY, PIBBY, and LULUsConcerns about Environmental Issues among People of ColorAccess to Tools of ProtestJob BlackmailThe Effects of Environmental RegulationsEnvironmental Inequities: By Chance or By Choice?The Legal Question of "Intent" in Environmental InequitiesResponding to Environmental InequitiesThe Current Status of the Environmental Justice Movement in the United StatesEnvironmental Inequities ExistFederal, State, Regional, and Local Governmental Agencies Have a Responsibility to Find, Study, and Deal with Cases of Environmental InequitiesThe Federal Government Has Not Been a Strong Advocate for Environmental JusticeComplaints Filed with the EPA Have Not Been an Effective Means of Dealing with Environmental InequitiesEnvironmental Justice Advocates Have Largely Failed to Obtain Redress from Inequities through the Judicial SystemThe U.S. Congress Has Failed to Take Action on Basic Environmental Justice LegislationEnvironmental Justice Activists Have Learned to Use a Combination of Tools for Achieving Their GoalsReferences3 Worldwide PerspectiveEnvironmental Inequities WorldwideMineral Extraction in Papua New GuineaEnvironmental Discrimination against the Roma in Central EuropeEcotourism and the MaasaiThe Bakun Hydroelectric Project in SarawakThor Chemicals and Mercury "Recycling,"The Voyage of the Khian SeaA Background for the Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous WastesThe Basel ConventionOther Treaties and BansEnvironmental Justice and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Justice and Sustainable DevelopmentReferencesChronology5 Biographical SketchesDana Ann AlstonBunyan BryantRobert BullardDollie BurwellCésar ChávezTorri EstradaMargie Eugene-RichardJay FeldmanDeeohn FerrisLaDonna HarrisHazel JohnsonPamela Tau LeeGraciela MartinezNorris McDonaldPaul MohaiRichard MooreNa'taki OsborneSwati PrakashPatricia E. SalkinPeggy ShepardGail SmallDamu SmithBeverly Wright6 Data and DocumentsDocumentsCivil Rights Act of 1964Fair Housing Act of 1968National Environmental Policy Act of 1969Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation with Racial and Economic Status of Surrounding Communities (1983)Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States (1987)Principles of Environmental Justice (1991)Environmental Equity: Reducing Risks for All Communities (1992)Executive Order 12898 (President Clinton)-Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (1994)Not in My Backyard: Executive Order 12898 and Title VI as Tools for Achieving Environmental Justice (2003)2003-2008 EPA Strategic Plan: Direction for the Future (2003)Toolkit for Assessing Potential Allegations of Environmental Injustice (2004)Evaluation Report: EPA Needs to Consistently Implement the Intent of the Executive Order on Environmental Justice (2004)Redefining Rights in America: The Civil Rights Record of the George W. Bush Administration, 2001-2004 (2004)Environmental Justice: EPA Should Devote More Attention to Environmental Justice When Developing Clean Air Rules (2005)Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty (2007)S. 2549: Environmental Justice Renewal Act (2008)Data7 Directory of OrganizationsGovernmental OrganizationsNongovernmental OrganizationsNational and InternationalState, Regional, and Local8 ResourcesBooksArticlesReportsInternet SourcesGlossaryIndexAbout the Author