CAFOs and Environmental Justice: The Case of North Carolina

Nicole, Wendee

doi:10.1289/ehp.121-a182

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“…Most studies on this topic come from North Carolina, where industrial hog farms that cause widespread pollution are clustered in low-income minority communities. The situation in North Carolina, where people who can afford to move away from neighbouring farms often do so,22 is difficult to compare with our study area. The neighbouring residents of farms in this study often have a farming (family) background, have been raised within the region, and are not characterised by a low SES and a minority background.…”

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confidence: 92%

Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents

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Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents

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“…Incluso la Agencia de Protección Medioambiental de Estados Unidos comparte esta idea (Wende, 2013). Sin embargo, algunos autores consideran que esta labor hay que hacerla desde un paradigma más amplio, como la reconsideración de los valores de uso de los recursos naturales (Dobson, 1998;Fuente, Tagle y Hernández, 2015), el uso ético y responsable de dichos recursos (Ponce, 2012;Riechman, 2003), o la conservación del medio ambiente (Hiskes, 2006).…”

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Experiencias para una Alfabetización Científica que Promueva la Justicia Ambiental en Distintos Niveles Educativos

Pérez-Martı́n¹,

Torija²

2018

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La situación medioambiental en el siglo XXI refleja un problema complejo que nos afecta de manera desigual. La educación ambiental requiere de un enfoque sociocientífico que amplíe su perspectiva para promover la comprensión de las situaciones reales, y conducir a un posicionamiento fundamentado y crítico de la sociedad para la justicia ambiental. Para conseguirlo, necesitamos una alfabetización científica desde un enfoque Científico, Tecnológico, Social y Ambiental (CTSA). Con este fin, realizamos tres intervenciones de aula en diferentes niveles educativos estructuradas en tres fases: a) distribución de información conceptual; b) reflexión a través del pensamiento crítico, y c) elaboración de propuestas para solucionar los problemas tratados. En cada propuesta, se presentan contenidos relativos a problemáticas de contaminación y se relacionaron con los problemas de salud humana y ambiental. El análisis de estas actividades se realizó a partir de las notas de los comentarios más relevantes, dibujos y/o un trabajo. Todo ello nos indica que su diseño es adecuado para enlazar la distribución de conocimientos, con la participación en la toma de decisiones, elementos clave para el desarrollo de una educación para la justicia ambiental.Descriptores: Alfabetización; Justicia social; Docente; Educación ambiental; Ciencia.The environmental situation in the 21st century reflects a complex problem that affects us unequally. Environmental education requires a socio-scientific approach that broadens this perspective in order to promote the understanding of real situations, and leads to an informed and critical positioning of society for Environmental Justice. To do so, we need a scientific literacy from a Scientific, Technological, Social and Environmental (STSE) approach. To this aim, we carried out three classroom involvements in different educational levels structured in three phases: (a) Distribution of little known conceptual information about the problem; (b) reflection about it the promotion of critical thinking, and c) preparation of proposals to solve the problem. In each proposal, content related to pollution issues was presented and related to human and environmental health problems. The analysis of these activities was carried out taking into account the most relevant notes from conversation, drawings and/or class works. All data indicates that their design is adequate to link the knowledge distribution with students' participation in decision-making: key elements for the development of an education for environmental justice.

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“…North Carolina, the second-largest hog-producing state after Iowa, has tried various regulatory and voluntary approaches to regulate air and water pollution from hog AFOs. In 1997, North Carolina put a temporary moratorium on the construction of new hog AFOs which was made permanent in 2007 (Nicole, 2013). In 1999, rather than passing new regulation after several hog waste lagoons overflowed in Hurricane Floyd, the North Carolina attorney general negotiated agreements with Smithfield Foods and Premium Standard Farms that they would fund research into alternative waste management technologies and adopt any that met a list of environmental and operational requirements (Williams, 2002).…”

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“…Markets for nutrient credits are sparse enough to constrict to a few trades conducted in relatively high-cost negotiations between two parties (LWQTP interview, November 30, 2017; Iowa Extension interview 2, November 30, 2017). In another example, an alternative manure management technology company in North Carolina struggled to find any buyers for carbon credits from adoption of their technology at hog AFOs and only generates carbon credits at one AFO (Karan, 2011;Nicole, 2013 (CAFOs and environmental justice)). Sometimes when there are potential buyers for an AFO conservation product, the manure product is not competitive as alternatives.…”

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Ammonia Emissions from Industrial Hog Farming: Efficacy of Voluntary Control Strategies

Kendrick¹

2018

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presenting the results. I would like to thank the rest of my committee, Debra Knopman and Fritz Raffensperger, for painstakingly pursuing the details of my research narrative and helping me revise my work. I would also like to thank my outside reader, Marc Ribaudo, for serving as my outside reader through his recent retirement from USDA ERS. I would like to thank all the policy administrators, Iowa University extension professors, and hog industry experts who replied to my emails and consented to be interviewed for my study. Without the information they shared, I would not have been able to proceed. I would also like to recognize the State Data Center of Iowa, the Iowa DNR, Iowa State University, and the Iowa Lakes Valuation Project for making so much data publicly available for researchers like me. I would like to recognize and thank my sister Diana for talking through my research design to help me write the last chapter. I must thank my parents, for their support and for helping me pay my rent, which has been essential to my staying sane and fed. I would also like to thank my RAND project leaders, friends and family for their understanding while I was working on writing full-time. This research was supported by generous funding from the John M. Cazier Dissertation Award in Sustainability, the Doris Dong Dissertation Award, and the Anne and James Rothenberg Dissertation Award. The Cazier Award supported my research through multiple years and was particularly essential to continuing this work, as no relevant RAND projects occurred on this topic. Finally, I would like to recognize the Pardee RAND Graduate school students, faculty, and administration for building a supportive community where each student learns that they can be successful following their interests.

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CAFOs and Environmental Justice: The Case of North Carolina

Cited by 63 publications

References 36 publications

Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents

Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents

Experiencias para una Alfabetización Científica que Promueva la Justicia Ambiental en Distintos Niveles Educativos

Ammonia Emissions from Industrial Hog Farming: Efficacy of Voluntary Control Strategies

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