In March of 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in Dauphine, Pennsylvania suffered a partial meltdown, prompting evacuation of some nearby residents. The fears of harmful effects of the radioactivity on the nearby communities sparked a…
Multiple newspaper accounts and analysis of the Torrey Canyon spill and the implications with regard to oil tanker and oil spill regulations in the ocean.
In 1987, the United Church of Christ (UCC), headed by executive director Benjamin Chavis Jr., published a seminal report about the relationship of race and socioeconomic class to contaminated waste sites across the U.S. The UCC's assessment revealed…
Two years after the Oil Embargo of 1973, there are still fears that another oil crisis could occur due to the United States' dependence on oil imports and not enough domestic sources of energy.