Graduate Exit Seminar - Clair Bullock
Plan to join Clair Bullock's graduate exit seminar on January 3, 2024, at 1:00 pm in Kottman Hall 333D. Clair will present, "An Examination of Environmental Justice Policy: Measuring the Relationship Between State EJ Action and Air Pollution Inequality, 1990-2009."
Abstract: Over 20 years have passed since Executive Order 12898 put environmental justice (EJ) issues on the policy agenda. Since this time environmental justice has technically remained a policy priority at all levels of government. However despite this apparent commitment to EJ, research has shown over the decades after the passage of the Executive Order, we still see persistent trends in inequality of air pollution exposure by race. This begs the question: are environmental justice policies actually working to create environmentally just outcomes? This paper seeks to evaluate this question by examining the impact of state environmental justice policies on disproportionate exposure to air pollution, with the goal of understanding what types of state actions, if any, are associated with decreases in pollution inequality.
Advisor: Dr. Kerry Ard