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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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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