Poverty and the Environment
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Poverty and Disasters in the United States: A Review of Recent Sociological Findings
Alice Fothergill and Lori A. Peek, 2003
Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (PDF)
David Abramson, Irwin Redlener, Tasha Stehling-Ariza, Jonathan Sury, Akilah Banister, and Yoon Soo Park National Center for Disaster Preparedness, August 2010
Fuel for Our Future: Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Children’s Health, Nutrition and Learning (PDF)
Children’s Health Watch, February 2010
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Asthma Medication Usage and Health-Care Utilization
Deidre Crocker, Clive Brown, Ronald Moolenaar, et al., CHEST medical journal, November 2009
Clean Air for the Birmingham Area
Southern Environmental Law Center, 2009
Michael Ash, James K. Boyce, Grace Chang, Manuel Pastor, Justin Scoggins, Jennifer Tran, Political Economy Research Institute, April 2009
Exposed: Social Vulnerability and Climate Change in the Southeast (PDF)
Oxfam America, 2009
Social Vunerability to Global Warming: Alabama Factsheet
Oxfam America, 2009
Social Vulnerability to Global Warming: Alabama Risk Maps
Oxfam America, 2009
The Climate Gap: Inequalities in How Climate Change Hurts Americans & How to Close the Gap (PDF)
Rachel Morello Frosch, Manuel Pastor, Jim Sadd, Seth Shonkoff, The Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, May 2009