Environmental Law articles from March 2008

Environmental Law archives from March 2008

'Toxic Wastes and Race' at twenty: why race still matters after all of these years. ('Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States' report)
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. ROOTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SINCE 1987 III. TOXIC NEIGHBORHOODS IV. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE V. ASSESSING DISPARITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS VI. ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT...

Environmental justice in Oregon: it's the law.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE ROLE OF STATES IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICY A. Federalism and Evolving Environmental Justice Policy B. Agency Institutional Norms Surrounding Race C. The Urban Context of Environmental Justice...

El dia de los muertos: the death and rebirth of the environmental movement.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE DEBATE SPARKED BY THE DEATH OF ENVIRONMENTALISM III. AREAS FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS A. The History Of The Environmental Movement, Broadly Defined B. Conceptualization of the Environment and Framing of ...

Healthy schools: a major front in the fight for environmental justice.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. HOUSING DISCRIMINATION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR TOXIC SCHOOLS A. Toxic Neighborhoods Lead to Toxic Schools III. HEALTH IMPACTS ON CHILDREN MUST BE A FACTOR IN SITING AND MAINTENANCE POLICIES A. Use of...

Environmental justice in the tribal context: a madness to EPA's method.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. MERCURY CONTAMINATION AND REGULATION A. Mercury Contamination B. EPA's Efforts to Regulate Mercury III. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE TRIBAL CONTEXT A. Tribes' Unique Legal and Political...

"Ecoterrorism"? A critical analysis of the vilification of radical environmental activists as terrorists.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE CATALYST FOR RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM A. Ecological Problems B. Rise of Environmental Legal Tools C. Rise of Environmental Organizations D. Radical Environmentalism III. DEVELOPMENT...

In my backyard: how enabling hazardous waste trade to developing nations can improve the Basel Convention's ability to achieve environmental justice.
March 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE--CENTRAL PRINCIPLES A. Domestic Origins of Environmental Justice 1. Categories of Domestic Environmental Justice 2. Two Central Methods for Achieving Environmental Justice...

Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... "... have been greatly exaggerated." (1) Mark Twain Every few years a sect few of us have heard of, having proclaimed that the world will end at midnight, files into a stadium in Florida or Los Angeles to greet the void. They draw the...