EiJ Global Record: Eastern North Carolina, USA
The eastern Piedmont and southeastern lowlands of North Carolina are the “birthplace” of the environmental justice movement (EJ) in the United States.
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Putting houses up high and making pits deep enough to slow thw water down not damage the house. Houses on higher ground or built higher can lessen the damage costs and repairs to less money.
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NJ Transit as kind enough to stay open for people to be transported safely from danger.
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seeing that dump trucks and more are being transferred the newark as a dumping ground. This causes a lot ofharmful chemicals to appear.
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njia.smithAfter the storm, In Newark, people from different communities helped out to rebuild their city and improve it to make sure that the next strom will not do any more damage.
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After the storm, transportation was little to no opporational when it comes to families trying to get somewhere safe.
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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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the work and many things that aused more clean up after the storm sandy hit newark.
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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.