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Abstract: The thesis provides an analysis of how and why the environmental justice (EJ) movement in Massachusetts (MA) and Rhode Island (RI) uses the just transition framework to resolve disproportionate environmental burden. The EJ movement is using the just transition framework through education and training, youth empowerment, coalition building, fostering an equitable process, and engagement ... read morewith national networks. The movement is currently limited, however, due to a lack of adequate funding, a non-cohesive movement structure, flawed risk assessment, unsustainable legal services, policy silos, and lack of sufficient impact from green jobs initiatives. Nevertheless, opportunities exist to build ownership, capacity, resiliency and power in vulnerable communities. Threats that inhibit the movement include ecological gentrification, the housing market, privatization and the natural gas industry. The EJ movement should move forward with "just green enough", jobs with justice, and public services in order to achieve a just transition for MA and RI.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2017.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
Advisor: Sumeeta Srinivasan.
Committee: Julian Agyeman, and Daniel Faber.
Keyword: Environmental justice.read less
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