Environmental justice: a reference handbook

1. Background and history: Warren Country, North Carolina: September 15, 1982

Environmental Inequities, environmental racism, and environmental justice

Examples of environmental inequalities

Environmental Justice: environmentalism and civil rights

Environmental justice comes of age

Environmental justice as a social movement

2. Problems, controversies, and solutions: Do environmental inequities actually exist?

Progress and environmental degradation

NIMBY, PIBBY, AND LULUs

The effects of environmental regulations

Environmental inequities: by chance or by choice?

Legal questions of "intent" in environmental inequities

Responding to environmental inequities

The current status of the environmental justice movement in the United States The federal government has not been a strong advocate for environmental justice

Complaints filed with the EPA have not been in effective means of dealing with environmental inequities

Environmental justice advocates have largely failed to obtain redress for 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

3. Worldwide perspectives: Environmental inequities worldwide

A background for the transboundary dumping of hazardous waste

Environmental justice and climate change

Environmental justice and sustainable development

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

7. Directory of organizations: Governmental organizations

Nongovernmental organization.

ch. 1. Road to environmental justice --

Warren County, North Carolina: 15 September 1982 --

Environmental inequities, environmental racism, and environmental justice --

Examples of environmental inequities --

Environmental justice: civil rights + environmentalism, --

Environmental justice comes of age --

Environmental justice as a social movement --

Data and statistics --

Differences of opinion --

Origins of environmental inequities --

Environmental inequities: by chance or by choice --

Legal question of "intent" in environmental inequities --

Responding to environment inequities --

Environmental justice as an international issue --

Future of environmental justice --

ch. 2. Chronology --

ch. 3. Biographical sketches --

Bunyan Bryant --

Robert Bullard --

César Chávez --

Benjamin F. Chavis --

Jay Feldman --

Deeohn Ferris --

Neftali García Martínez --

Clarice E. Gaylord --

Juana Beatriz Gutierrez --

LaDonna Harris --

Pamela Tau Lee --

Les Leopold --

John Lewis --

Paul Mohai --

Richard Moore --

Marion Moses --

Peggy Shepard --

Cora Tucker --

Beverly Wright --

ch. 4. Documents --

ch. 5. Directory of organizations --

ch. 6. Selected print resources --

ch. 7. Selected nonprint resources.