Date: Friday, August 8

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 016: Environmental Injustice, Policing, and Inequalities
Room: Grant Park Parlor

Sponsors: Environment and Technology
Law and Society
Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizers: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University

Presider: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University

Discussant: Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University

Description: 

This session presents papers exploring environmental injustice and the manner in which policing and regulatory bodies contribute to or fail to address environmental risk. The panel also considers how surveillance and enforcement activities can also be negative factors in achieving effective environmental justice and contribute to environmental inequality and injustice.

Papers:

“Cattle Ranching and Deforestation in Colombia: The Impact of Conflict, Land Protection, and Uneven Development,” Alvaro German Torres Mora, University of Tennessee

“Constructing the Conservation State: Protected Areas as States-within-states and the Contours of Sovereignty,” Aalayna Rae Green, Cornell University

“Criminalization of Climate Protest and Erosion of Democratic Principles in Australia,” Ibolya Losoncz, The Australian National University

“The Treadmill of Law: A Case Study of Waste Incineration in Albany, NY,” Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University

“Working the Fireline: Incarcerated Labor in Wildfire Suppression and its Ethical Implications,” Amy E. Lubitow and Rachel Springer, Portland State University

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