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Environmental and Sustainability Studies
A guide to resources for Environmental and Sustainability Studies students
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice: Environmental justice is 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 policies. - United States Environmental Protection Agency
Principles of Environmental Justice (1991): Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, in Washington DC, drafted and adopted 17 principles of Environmental Justice. Since then, The Principles have served as a defining document for the growing grassroots movement for environmental justice.
Organizations
- EarthJusticeA nonprofit legal organization that pursues cases that violate 5 major acts: the Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Endangered Species Act; National Forest Management Act; and the National Environmental Policy Act.
- United NationsThe United Nations is a forum to address issues that transcend national boundaries and cannot be resolved by any one country acting alone.
- Environmental Justice in Your CommunityAn EPA mapping tool that identifies local superfund sites, EPA efforts, and local air quality standards.
- USDA Food Access Research AtlasThe Food Access Research Atlas presents an overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility; provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and
offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes. - GreenactionA grassroots organization that advocates for environmental justice in Utah, the Southwest, and California.
- Utah Society for Environmental EducationUSEE generally promotes environmental education in Utah; they also work on a variety of environmental justice efforts on the west side of Salt Lake City.
- Envision UtahAn urban planning and advocacy organization that also works on projects involving clean air.
- HEAL UtahAn advocacy and policy research nonprofit that works on a variety of environmental justice efforts involving clean air, nuclear waste, and more.
- Utah Department of HealthA variety of health and health research data resources.
- Utah Homelessness CouncilThe Utah Homelessness Council is responsible for providing final approval for the homeless services budget, strategic plan and award of funding for the provision of homeless services in Utah.
Books from the Catalog
From the Ground Up by Call Number: Level 2: GE180 .C65 2001, also available as an ebookISBN: 0814715370Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Defining Environmental Justice by Call Number: Level 2: GE220 .S34 2007ISBN: 9780199286294Publication Date: 2007-07-12
Soil Not Oil by Call Number: Level 2: HD9560.5 .S453 2008ISBN: 9780896087828Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Taking Action, Saving Lives by Call Number: RA566 .S37 2007 (Level 1, General Collection)ISBN: 019532546XPublication Date: 2007-10-19
Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0262516284Publication Date: 2011-07-29
A Citizen's Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1585760331Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Access to Environmental Justice by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9789047420453Publication Date: 2007-01-01
The Search for Environmental Justice by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781784719425Publication Date: 2015-07-31
Environmental Justice by Call Number: GE230 .S57 2005 (Level 2, General Collection) or EbookISBN: 0195152034Publication Date: 2002-09-26
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society by Call Number: HM856 .E53 2007 (Level 1, General Collection)ISBN: 1412927617Publication Date: 2007-08-27
Key Resources
- Environmental Justice for All: A Fifty State Survey of Legislation, Policies and Cases4th Edition of a report on environmental justice nationally; published by UC Hastings in conjunction with the American Bar Association.
- EPA Enforcement and Compliance HistoryUse EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online website to search for facilities in your community to assess their compliance with environmental regulations. You can also investigate pollution sources, examine and create enforcement-related maps, or explore your state's performance.
- Legislation Bibliography from US DOTAn annotated bibliography of legislation and resources related to environmental justice from the US Department of Transportation.
