{"id":5946,"date":"2024-08-23T16:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2024-12-04T20:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T01:04:19","slug":"environmental-justice-income-race-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2024\/08\/23\/environmental-justice-income-race-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Justice: Income, Race and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment6233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment6233\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"425\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/08\/edwin-recinos-leiva-kLi0l5a8n3U-unsplash-2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment6233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Orelans, Louisiana. Photo by Edwin Recinos-Leiva via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Rachel Massey, Meghan Maquet and Jonathan Harris<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The module illustrates the disproportionate environmental burdens faced by minority and low-income communities, using data and case studies. It delves into the limitations and applications of economic analysis on topics of valuing human life, precautionary principle, and the distinctions between efficiency and equity. The module discusses issues of environmental justice both in the US, including the Flint Michigan water crisis, and globally, including Arctic pollution concerns. The module has been updated to reflect the most recent data and topics, including the impacts of climate change, plastic waste, and COVID-19. Suggestions for more equitable environmental policies are presented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/12\/Environmental_Justice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/12\/Environmental_Justice_slides.pptx\" class=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download PowerPoint file with Figures and Key Concepts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rachel Massey, Meghan Maquet and Jonathan Harris The module illustrates the disproportionate environmental burdens faced by minority and low-income communities, using data and case studies. It delves into the limitations and applications of economic analysis on topics of valuing human life, precautionary principle, and the distinctions between efficiency and equity. The module discusses issues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22900,"featured_media":6233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,169,167,329,171],"tags":[330,189,358,151,359,241,445,228,251,465,357,446,464],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6530,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions\/6530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}