Blueprint for Communicating Risk and Preventing Environmental Injustice

Toxic environmental emissions have the potential to harm already susceptible populations living in close proximity to industries with pollutant emissions such as coal-fired electrical power plants. The organized dissemination of information in communities that find themselves susceptible to occupati...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2010-02, Vol.21 (1), p.35-52
Main Authors: Stokes, Shereitte C, Hood, Darryl B, Zokovitch, Jeanne, Close, Fran T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Climate change
Coal
Coal-fired power plants
Community
Community Networks - organization & administration
Community organization
Community organizations
Community Participation
Community work
Cooperative Behavior
Electric power
Electric power distribution
Electricity distribution
Emission
Emissions
Environmental degradation
Environmental Health
Environmental justice
Environmental Pollution - prevention & control
Florida
Flue gas
Fly ash
Heavy metals
Humans
Industrial plant emissions
Industrial production
Industry
Information Dissemination - methods
Injustice
Negotiating
Pollutants
Pollution
Power Plants
Public policy
Risk
Risk reduction
Social Justice
Technological change
Toxicants
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
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Summary:Toxic environmental emissions have the potential to harm already susceptible populations living in close proximity to industries with pollutant emissions such as coal-fired electrical power plants. The organized dissemination of information in communities that find themselves susceptible to occupation by industries with pollutant emissions is a crucial step in the long and arduous process of preventing such harm. Here, we present a blueprint that can be used by community organizations to prevent industries that pollute the environment from locating in communities that are already disproportionately exposed to pollution (referred to here as environmental justice communities). We base this blueprint on a specific case in Taylor County, Florida, where the steps outlined successfully prevented the Taylor Energy Center (TEC) consortium from obtaining the necessary permits for the operation of a proposed coal-fired electrical power plant, thereby minimizing the risks of additional toxicant exposure to the affected community.
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.0.0234