FASB room 295 Abstract: Pollution concentrations in the United States have fallen in recent decades. Despite these improvements, relative pollution concentrations between minority communities and other communities persist. This talk will present ongoing work quantifying pollution gaps across the United States and its implications for environmental justice and health disparities. This research analyzes recent trends […]

FASB room 295 To attend online, register: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIoceisrD4jGdCPqjsKBMjgS0aKULFo6msF How do engineers and applied scientists who work in the mining and oil and gas industries understand their work in relation to broader calls for greater public accountability of the corporations employing them? In this talk, Professor Smith uses in-depth ethnography to explore how the corporate context […]

FASB room 295 To attend online, register: https://utah.zoom.us/j/98492126188?pwd=MFhaNkZsNGNrSi93K29nbXIzWkIyUT09 Abstract: Change to address the climate crisis in socially just ways requires integrated action at both collective and individual levels. The connections between beliefs, values and behavior are complex, so promoting environmentally responsible behavior involves far more than educating people about climate change, as a wide variety of […]

FASB 295 and on Zoom. To participate via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscOurrjMpHdQY-6L81WvBK0jX8N1oKElI "From the illegal ivory trade to nuclear waste – an improbable journey by an accidental geologist" Abstract: Sometimes science questions seem to choose us. In this talk I will discuss my involvement in problems related to nuclear waste, the illegal wildlife trade, and […]

FASB 295 and online. To participate via Zoom, register at: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvdOmpqD0vGtCRHWDdpox9LMzS3YMJ0lZZ Using two case studies of ongoing environmental justice struggles in Louisiana, this talk will focus on how advocates can work in partnership with affected communities to advance environmental justice (EJ). Given the limitations of the law and legal tools in the EJ context, EJ […]