EJ

Question 1

environmental justice

Answer 1

to treat all fairly and involvedly for environmental law and policy implementation
to address the disproportionate suffering of minorities as a result of environmental impacts

Question 2

what is the EJ gap

Answer 2

the difference in exposure to enviro hazards across income and demographics

Question 3

how to measure EJ gap

Answer 3

calculate average exposure among one community type, and compare it with average exposure in another community type

Question 4

complications in measuring EJ gap

Answer 4

• finding community demographic
• if the communities improve but the gap doesn’t
• what geographic units of measurements to use
• are we measuring total exposure or damages
• is it about human health damages or total utility
• how does the pollution transport

Question 5

the ecological fallacy

Answer 5

the relationship estimated from aggregated data is only equal to the relationship at the micro level if there are no group-level effects correlated with pollution.
are there group level effects and how do they affect results when measured in diff geographic units

Question 6

banzhaf, ma, and timmins

Answer 6

they hypothesize these factors dictate EJ gap:
- discriminatory politics and enforcement
- household sorting ‘coming to the nuisance’
- disproportionate siting on the firm side
- market coordinations

Question 7

cushing findings

Answer 7

• firms regulated under cap and trade are disproportionately located in disadvantaged neighborhoods
  -co pollutant emissions from regulated facilities temporally correlate to ghg emissions
  -firms that traded permits had higher emissions after trade initiation

Question 8

meng and hernandez cortez

Answer 8

spatially, californian areas that are disadvantaged also have highest pollution exposure driven by cap and trade program

Question 9

overall effect of cap and trade on EJ

Answer 9

• leads to some GHG reductions locally
• doesnt close EJ gap
• gentrification in newly clean areas

Question 10

costs and benefits of decarbonization with EJ

Answer 10

benefits
- climate change mitigated helps all
-reduce GHG and health damages for some communities

costs
- local employment effect from carbon intensive industries
-increase in energy costs
-reduction in local tax revenues

Question 11

easing decarbonization transition

Answer 11

• re training programs for jobs and subsidizing education for green industries
• distributing increased energy costs equity
• target GHG reduction in areas that suffer health issues most