Waste facility siting defines the movement’s central arena and studies

Evidence

It is no coincidence that some of the first major environmental justice studies to chart disproportionate impact focused on commercial waste facilities. These facilities can pose great risk to human health and the environment and are the subject of ongoing public scrutiny and concern. Moreover, the siting of hazardous waste facilities is at the heart of the anti-toxics movement, a movement that, as we explain in chapter 1, is an important predecessor to the Environmental Justice Movement. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 117

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Environmental justice history is best framed as converging tributaries — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 123; Each waste facility permit is assessed in isolation from prior facilities — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 374

Broader Connections

• Each waste facility permit is assessed in isolation from prior facilities #qualifies (0.72) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 374