EJ Flashcards

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environmental justice

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to treat all fairly and involvedly for environmental law and policy implementation
to address the disproportionate suffering of minorities as a result of environmental impacts

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what is the EJ gap

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the difference in exposure to enviro hazards across income and demographics

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3
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how to measure EJ gap

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calculate average exposure among one community type, and compare it with average exposure in another community type

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4
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complications in measuring EJ gap

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  • finding community demographic
  • if the communities improve but the gap doesn’t
  • what geographic units of measurements to use
  • are we measuring total exposure or damages
  • is it about human health damages or total utility
  • how does the pollution transport
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5
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the ecological fallacy

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the relationship estimated from aggregated data is only equal to the relationship at the micro level if there are no group-level effects correlated with pollution.
are there group level effects and how do they affect results when measured in diff geographic units

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banzhaf, ma, and timmins

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they hypothesize these factors dictate EJ gap:
- discriminatory politics and enforcement
- household sorting ‘coming to the nuisance’
- disproportionate siting on the firm side
- market coordinations

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cushing findings

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  • firms regulated under cap and trade are disproportionately located in disadvantaged neighborhoods
    -co pollutant emissions from regulated facilities temporally correlate to ghg emissions
    -firms that traded permits had higher emissions after trade initiation
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meng and hernandez cortez

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spatially, californian areas that are disadvantaged also have highest pollution exposure driven by cap and trade program

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9
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overall effect of cap and trade on EJ

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  • leads to some GHG reductions locally
  • doesnt close EJ gap
  • gentrification in newly clean areas
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10
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costs and benefits of decarbonization with EJ

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benefits
- climate change mitigated helps all
-reduce GHG and health damages for some communities

costs
- local employment effect from carbon intensive industries
-increase in energy costs
-reduction in local tax revenues

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easing decarbonization transition

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  • re training programs for jobs and subsidizing education for green industries
  • distributing increased energy costs equity
  • target GHG reduction in areas that suffer health issues most
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