This assignment is designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge of a particul

This assignment is designed to provide you with in-depth knowledge of a particular area or set of issues, while collaborating on a public information project aimed at providing guidance to those who might benefit from information and resources needed to address environmental injustices in their own regions, or audiences that might be interested in lending their support to address those struggling with environmental justice and human rights issues.
write an essay that provides audiences with an overview of scholarly analyses and relevant information for those seeking insight and guidance on this topic. I have organized topics thematically under several broad headings. You will select a topic from one of the following sections below: 1) Mapping Environmental Hazards; 2) Relevant Laws, Institutions, Declarations and Policies; 3) Important NGOs, TSMOs, and Community-Based Organizations; 4) Important Concepts and Ideas in Environmental Justice; 5) Databases and Mapping Tools
Must use two sources from the file, and at least three additional sources that you locate through your own research. Your additional sources could include scholarly works that address your theme or they could include primary sources (such as interviews with affected community members or actors, documents produced by a relevant organization, data drawn from reports, promotional materials outlining the work of an organization). All facts and ideas drawn from sources should be cited and sources should be listed in a bibliography.
Specific Environmental Hazards
What do we know about the health effects of specific hazards? Who is likely to be exposed to such hazards and why? How are these specific hazards regulated? Where can people find more information about their own exposures to such hazards? Students should focus on a single hazard from the following list:
Pesticides (or a specific pesticide)
Medical waste
E-waste
Mercury
Incinerators
Lead
Diesel fueled trucks
Methane
Military bases
Jet fuel
Gas and oil pipelines
Global warming
PFAS
Perchlorate
Coal-fired power plants
PCBs
Dioxin
Mold
NGOs, TSMOs, Community-based Organizations
What organizations provide assistance to communities that are struggling with disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards? What are the goals of these organizations and what kinds of assistance to they provide? Evaluate their effectiveness and influence with reference to a case, problem, or example.
Amnesty International
▪ Human Rights Watch
▪ GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)
▪ Idle No More
▪ Basel Action Network (BAN)
▪ Global Response (GR)
▪ Greenpeace International
▪ Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (New Orleans)
▪ Coalition for Environmental Justice (Central Europe)
▪ El Pueblo para Aire y Agua Limpio
▪ Detroit Workers for Environmental Justice
▪ Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
▪ Groundwork (South Africa)
▪ Health Care Without Harm
▪ International Campaign for Responsible Technology
▪ IPEN (International POPs Elimination Network)
▪ Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
▪ International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
▪ National Black Environmental Justice Network
▪ Environmental Working Group (EWG)
▪ Environmental Law Initiative Worldwide
▪ National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
▪ Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment
▪ Environmental Health Coalition
▪ Indigenous Environmental Network
▪ West Harlem Environmental Action
▪ Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, Jurupa Valley
▪ California Environmental Justice Alliance
▪ People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (PODER)
▪ Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment (CRPE)
▪ Environmental Health Coalition (San Diego and Tijuana)
▪ Asian Pacific Environmental Network (Richmond and Oakland Areas)
▪ The Mothers of East Los Angeles
Pesticide Action Network
GAIA
Laws, Institutions, Declarations and Policies
What is the history behind this law, policy, or institution? What is the purpose of this law, declaration, or institution? How has it been implemented? What have scholars or commentators said about its strengths, weaknesses, and overall effectiveness? Discuss an example, case, or problem that illustrates the operation of this institution, declaration, or law.
UN Periodic Review on Human Rights
UNDRIP
Basel Convention
Rio Declaration on Environmental Development
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Kyoto Protocol
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation REDD
The Paris Agreement
The Refugee Convention
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Migrant Workers.
The UNDHR
EPA
NEPA
The Principles of Environmental Justice
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
Indirect Source Rules
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act
CARB
AQMD
FDA
CDC
Consumer Protection Agency
Department of Toxic Substance Control
American Lung Association
Core Concepts in Environmental Justice and Human Rights
How has this concept been theorized by environmental justice scholars? How have people defined this concept in different ways, and what is at stake in the way this concept is formulated? Why is this concept important for problems at the intersection of environmental justice and human rights?
Environmental racism
Environmental justice
Nature
Wilderness
Property
Frontline Communities
Politics of Recognition
Indigenous Rights
Water Rights
The Right to Health
Polluter Pays
Precautionary Principle
White Privilege
Information Sources and Databases
Select a database or information source and provide an overview for readers that introduces them to this resource and explains how it could be useful to those seeking information about environmental justice. Walk readers through strategies for making use of the database or resource by focusing on a specific question or set of questions that might be addressed by using it.
EJSCREEN
Environmental Working Group Tap Water Database
NativeLands
RISTOX
EJAtlas
TOXMAP
Toxic Release Inventory
Right to Know Network
IPCC Reports