Between divine and social justice: emerging climate-justice narratives in Latin American socio-environmental struggles

Social justice, climate change, and dengue.

Climate change should be viewed fundamentally as an issue of global justice. Understanding the complex interplay of climatic and socioeconomic trends is imperative to protect human health and lessen the burden of diseases such as dengue fever. Dengue fever is rapidly expanding globally. Temperature, rainfall, and frequency of natural disasters, as well as non-climatic trends involving populatio...

Social Justice Through Civil Justice

Climate Justice

Emerging Environmental Justice Issues in Nuclear Power and Radioactive Contamination

Nuclear hazards, linked to both U.S. weapons programs and civilian nuclear power, pose substantial environment justice issues. Nuclear power plant (NPP) reactors produce low-level ionizing radiation, high level nuclear waste, and are subject to catastrophic contamination events. Justice concerns include plant locations and the large potentially exposed populations, as well as issues in siting, ...

"Environmental Justice"