ENSP 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Water Pollution, Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental Racism

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Environmental Science and Policy
• Course: ENSP 102
• Professor: Goger

Document Summary

Issues: chester, pa, california, louisiana"s cancer alley, north carolina farms, hog waste, natural disasters, mold, bacteria, have in common, environmental laws aren"t being enforced as strongly as in other areas. Plan ej 2014, ej 2020 goals: rulemaking, permitting, compliance and enforcement, community-based action programs, ejscreen, successful outcome of this effort. Policy contexts for ej issues: sitting and permitting, risk assessment and management, climate change/disaster management, choice of policy tools (trading, enforcement. Ej in landfilling siting coal ash: 2008 spill of coal ash, tennessee, toxic sludge sent through community, put sludge in a community in alabama, low-income families, predominately african american. Siting of power plants in md: brandywine, clustering areas (power plants, african american community that is already affected by pollution. Ej in risk assessment: risk assessment: assesses risk to humans or environment from various stressors, multiple stressors cumulative impact, exposure, ex.