ENVR 1302

  Environmental Justice Is the social movement to protect or prevent injustices in the environment. Especially from Hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other environmental hurtful impacts.  Environmental justice. SERC. (2023, March 19). Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://serc.berkeley.edu/resources/environmental-justice/ Environmental Racism Is racism related to location inequality.  When there are low income neighborhoods and other groups who have disadvantages live near places like landfills.  Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, April 13). Environmental racism. Wikipedia. Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_racism Environmental Equity To give all people the right to a healthy environment no matter their income, race or educational background.  Environmental justice. Encyclopedia of Puget Sound. (2018, November 1). Retrieved April 23, 2023, from https://www.eopugetsound.org/articles/environmental-justice Climate Justice...

4.1 Introduction to the tragedy of the commons in general. On February 3, 2023, there was a train in Ohio that derailed. That on its own is a tragedy, but this train was carrying toxic chemicals that burst into flame after the train crash. the locals had to move out of the town. There were reports of rashes, stomach aches, and tons of dead fish. There is currently a lawsuit on the train company but I can’t see how they are going to reverse the environmental effects. This information is coming from the Washington Post source. Out of the twenty-three carts or portions of training that crashed at least eleven of them contained hazardous material.  4.2 Descriptive explanation of the tragedy of the commons problem. Not only was the hazardous material leaking into water sources making the water unsafe to consume there. Absolute! wonderful idea! I didn’t know Ohio was becoming a sink .  To burn the remaining chemicals, releasing them into the earth's atmosphere. So not only is the wa...