Environmental Justice : A Reference Handbook.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Background and History -- Warren County, North Carolina: September 15, 1982 -- Environmental Inequities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice -- Examples of Environmental Inequities -- West Dallas, Texas -- Churchrock, New Mexico -- Cancer Alley -- Pesticide Exposure -- Consumption of Toxic Fish from the Detroit River -- Proposed Select Steel Corporation Plant (Flint, Michigan) -- Sweet Valley and Cobb Town, Alabama -- West Harlem Environmental Action and Diesel Buses -- Southern Nuclear Operating Company -- Environmental Justice: Environmentalism and Civil Rights -- The Modern Environmental Movement -- The Civil Rights Movement -- Environmental Justice Comes of Age -- The Commission on Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ -- The Michigan Conference -- Governmental Recognition in the 1990s -- First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit -- Environmental Justice as a Social Movement -- Growth and Challenges -- References -- 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions -- Do Environmental Inequities Actually Exist? -- Progress and Environmental Degradation -- NIMBY, PIBBY, and LULUs -- Concerns about Environmental Issues among People of Color -- Access to Tools of Protest -- Job Blackmail -- The Effects of Environmental Regulations -- Environmental Inequities: By Chance or By Choice? -- The Legal Question of "Intent" in Environmental Inequities -- Responding to Environmental Inequities -- The Current Status of the Environmental Justice Movement in the United States -- Environmental Inequities Exist -- Federal, State, Regional, and Local Governmental Agencies Have a Responsibility to Find, Study, and Deal with Cases of Environmental Inequities -- The Federal Government Has Not Been a Strong Advocate for Environmental Justice.

Complaints Filed with the EPA Have Not Been an Effective Means of Dealing with Environmental Inequities -- Environmental Justice Advocates Have Largely Failed to Obtain Redress from Inequities through the Judicial System -- The U.S. Congress Has Failed to Take Action on Basic Environmental Justice Legislation -- Environmental Justice Activists Have Learned to Use a Combination of Tools for Achieving Their Goals -- References -- 3 Worldwide Perspective -- Environmental Inequities Worldwide -- Mineral Extraction in Papua New Guinea -- Environmental Discrimination against the Roma in Central Europe -- Ecotourism and the Maasai -- The Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak -- Thor Chemicals and Mercury "Recycling -- The Voyage of the Khian Sea -- A Background for the Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous Wastes -- The Basel Convention -- Other Treaties and Bans -- Environmental Justice and Climate Change -- Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development -- References -- 4 Chronology -- 5 Biographical Sketches -- Dana Ann Alston -- Bunyan Bryant -- Robert Bullard -- Dollie Burwell -- César Chávez -- Torri Estrada -- Margie Eugene-Richard -- Jay Feldman -- Deeohn Ferris -- LaDonna Harris -- Hazel Johnson -- Pamela Tau Lee -- Graciela Martinez -- Norris McDonald -- Paul Mohai -- Richard Moore -- Na'taki Osborne -- Swati Prakash -- Patricia E. Salkin -- Peggy Shepard -- Gail Small -- Damu Smith -- Beverly Wright -- 6 Data and Documents -- Documents -- Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Fair Housing Act of 1968 -- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 -- Siting 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) -- Data -- 7 Directory of Organizations -- Governmental Organizations -- Nongovernmental Organizations -- National and International -- State, Regional, and Local -- 8 Resources -- Books -- Articles -- Reports -- Internet Sources -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- About the Author.

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