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Culture, Energy, Power Collaborative Project Statement

This statement outlines our goals for the Biomass project, what materials we assembled, and our guiding theoretical compasses for analysis of our work during Dr.

Timeline of Biomass in Eastern North Carolina

This timeline documents the emergence and evolution of the biomass industry in Eastern North Carolina.

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PATH Trains to Resume 24-Hour Service

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What vulnerabilities affect the community?

After the storm, transportation was little to no opporational when it comes to families trying to get somewhere safe.

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Toxic Passaic River Get $1.38 Billion Clean up Over 10 Years

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

The EPA has been working to raise funds to launch this ambitious cleanup project. The EPA has also began looking for solutions to cleanup the polluted waterways in the Hudson River.

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Picturing Justice

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What are the sources of resilience (capital, networks, local knowledge, etc.) ?

The source of resilence was local knowledge and community that wanted to see a difference from companies dumping trash in the water.

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Division of Criminal Justice - Environmental Crimes Bureau Continues Crackdown on Illegal Activity

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How are agencies/companies helping to minimize this hazard.

The Department of Criminal Justice played a large part in indicting a contractor for illegally abandoning medical waste. If not for their investigation, this issue would not have been resolved.

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The Morning After In Newark and Lyndhurst: Hurricane Sandy

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How are hazards / risks distributed among different groups?

the work and many things that aused more clean up after the storm sandy hit newark.

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Effects of Sandy After the Years

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What vulnerabilities affect the community?

Making sure that damaged items from the storm are cut down or demolished just in case. Things from the community can not be all sloved without some help form neighboring communities.

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Toxic Passaic River Get $1.38 Billion Clean up Over 10 Years

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What forms of precaution were exercised regarding the hazard(s)?

There was no precatuions taken regarding the waste in the Passaic River. Many of the locals knew it for its murky waters after years of industrial toxin buildup.