The Beacon
The Beacon is an environmental justice-focused blog discussing current developments in the law, proposals to achieve more just actions to those disproportionately affected by environmental impacts, and those leading the movements to trailblaze an environmentally just future.
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CAFOs compose most industrial-scale farms. These farms house thousands of animals with minimal safety and sanitary protections. But, grassroots movements are finding new ways to bring CAFOs under control.
Gender equality is worsened by climate change. Yet climate change does not discriminate—people do.
An interview with Arielle V. King (VLS '21) and founder of Intersectional Environmentalism, on her career in environmental justice.
Kendall talks about what brought her to law school and the influential women pushing her to achieve her dreams to work for environmental justice advocacy.
Unweighted Cost-Benefit Analysis Under Arbitrariness
by Jerry Thomas            In a stark contrast to the decision in St. Francis Prayer Ctr. v. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (hereafter, Select Steel), the Fourth Circuit in Friends of…
Environmental Justice is the latest civil rights movement in the United States. Can someone say, "Finally!" But what is environmental justice? Environmental justice is the fight for equal environmental protection…
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