Below are four articles as well as two additional articles attained from a government source, regarding the issue of… environmental justice and equality.  I chose the topic of environmental justice because I felt it most relevant and also a rather intriguing aspect of environmentalism, especially as I try to relate these topics to environmental aspects of Hurricane Katrina.

I attained the articles cited below first through a basic Google Search of environmental justice, then by searching the academic search premier website EBSCOhost.  I chose each article because of its focus on ecological and environmental ethics, as well as environmental justice and equality.  The articles discuss observable facts of many unsightly aspects of everyday environments, such as what one article’s author refers to as “LULUs” “locally unwanted land uses”, that are often placed within lower income, minority, and primarily black neighborhoods. (Heffern, 2006) Relevant comparisons are made between such subtle social inequities and past acts of environmental injustice practiced by federal and local government municipalities especially when in response to natural disasters.  Further examples of such environmental injustice are exemplified in the second article regarding the Navaho Indian people fighting to protect their land from industrial development.  The article’s that I attained from my search of EBSCOhost discussed the affect of segregation on environmental health disparities, and also further discusses the affect of industrial facilities on humans.   Each article presented me with relevant information that I determined pertinent to the concern of environmental justice and more importantly to the ethical issues concerning Hurricane Katrina.

Bibliography

Heffern, R. (2006). From landfills to freeways: Movement links ecology, justice.  National Catholic Reporter, Retrieved January 9, 2007, from http://ncrcafe.org/node/171

 Norrell, B. (2006) Policy debate: Power plants on Navajo land. Indian Country, Retrieved January 9, 2007, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8161048/ 

Morello-Frosch, R. (2006). The riskscape and the color line: Examining the role of segregation in environmental health disparities. Retrieved January 9, 2007, from EBSCOhost Web site: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=2&hid=14&sid=3bf2a10d-b905-4e47-a803-fe023b9b1701%40sessionmgr3  

Boerner, Christopher, Lambert, Thomas, (1995). USA Today Magazine, 01617389, Vol. 123, Issue 2598. EBSCOhost. Retrieved January 9, 2007, from Environmental injustice: Industrial and waste facilities must consider the human factor Web site: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=16&sid=c3fe1f9f-b84c-40cb-8ae5-f772ac174520%40SRCSM1

(2005). Katrina’s racial storm. Chicage Tribune Editorial, Retrieved February 25, 2007, from http://obama.senate.gov/news/050908-katrinas_racial_storm/index.html

Dunn-Chapital, K (2005). Retrieved February 27, 2007, from US Senate committe on environment & public works Web site: http://epw.senate.gov/hearing_statements.cfm?id=248155

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The riskscape and the color line: Examining the role of segregation in environmental health disparities

Environmental injustice: Industrial and waste facilities must consider the human factor   

From Landfills to Freeways: Movement Links Ecology, Justice. 

Policy debate: Power plants on Navajo land