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Event | Envisioning Next Generation Radiation Governance: Remembering Fukushima, 2021

Visual motif for the Radiation Governance symposium (March 2021): Image of a radiation trefoil sign superimposed by an origami crane

Envisioning Next Generation Radiation Governance: Archiving, Regulation, Education, Places

C-Urge - iniciatives

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What is the stated mission this organization today? How is the organization's mission explained (on its website, in public meetings, by individuals, etc)?

C-Urge project is a doctoral network set up to research and better understand the complexity of climate and enviromental change, that is happening on global, as well as on a local scale.

Through various research approaches set in various countries, we aim to highlight the notion of urgency and need to enrich the debate around the topic of environemtal change, that is both fast, and subtle and poses a serious challenge for the future.

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.

Environmental Injustice in Eastern North Carolina, USA

Project page for research on environmental injustice in Eastern North Carolina, USA.

Timeline of Biomass in Eastern North Carolina

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

Disproportionate Impacts

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In response to

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.