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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.

Disproportionate Impacts

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10. What intersecting injustices -- data, economic, epistemic, gender, health, infrastructure, intergenerational, media, procedural, racial, reproductive -- contribute to environmental injustice in this setting?

In my opinion, something that is ethically wrong with this case is the fact that much of the pollution coming from biomass factories like Enviva are disproportionately affecting Black and Brown rural comminities. These communities experience health issues from the saw dust and can be seen cleaning sawdust off their outside belongings. It is important to see how much thes communities are impacted when looking at biomass corporations.

Grace Fine Annotation

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5. What have different stakeholder groups done (or not done) in response to the problems in this setting?

The complaints of Duplin County residents and the Environmental Justice Community Action Network about general permitting for hog farms in Eastern NC. These permits would give way to more ground and water pollution due to the relaxed regulations on corporate farms that hold multiple different numbers of livestock. Plans for the implementationa pipline called the "Grady Road project" interrupt the family and small scale farms in the ares. A quote from the Duplin County NAACP president Robert O. Moore says:

"The corporation has refused to implement any technology to clean up the water, citing the cost of doing so was too expensive. Yet the cost of this biogas project rivals the cost that would have been to implement cleaner and safer technology to ensure the safety of those living near these operations."

Many local groups in Eastern NC counties have previously tried to receive assistance to help with their agriculture waste managment systems, yet fall short due to many government officials only focusing on corporate farms.

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Ebola Response Anthropology Platform

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How was development of the system funded?

It is part of the ebola response, but does not disclose any sources of funding.

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.

Examples from history are used to support claims from 9/11, as the author is a historian, and probably following the saying "history repeats itself" to show similarities between disasters and responses.

Newspaper atricles were also cited to show public response.

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Compassion Protocol: Legalizing Diseased Undocumented Immigrants

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Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.

Thae laws are examined and explained to the reader. Examples of citations from physicians are also included with stories of the individual's journey and experiences.

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Intimate Partner Violence and Hurricane Katrina: Predictors and Associated Mental Health Outcomes

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How, if at all, does the study address vulnerable populations?

The study addresses the survivors of Katrina fairly soon after the disaster, at a time when they likely do not have much stability. Many were without homes, may have lost family or friends, neighborhoods were torn apart, schools were destroyed, and money was very thin. It was not an easy time, so focusing on this group at such a stressful time was the goal of the study.