In the first panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed how farmworkers and farmworker families are overexposed and harmed by toxic chemical pesticides and how people are making a difference.

In the second event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, Arnedra Jordan discussed beauty justice, what it means, why it matters, and how it impacts our health.

In the third panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed building electrification, which lies at the intersection of public health protection, climate change mitigation, and housing justice.

In the fourth panel of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists discussed noxious facilities in local communities, specifically the Chevron refinery in Richmond and the proposed expansion of the Oakland International Airport, and community efforts to address these issues.

In the last event of Ecology Law Quarterly’s 2025 Annual Symposium, panelists expanded upon the themes of the prior panel with a specific discussion of health and environmental justice issues in the Bayview-Hunters Point community.

Ecology Law Quarterly Volume 52.3 Front Matter

This Article posits that spot zoning claims, as utilized today, effectively push harmful industries away from wealthier, whiter communities to frontline communities and explores the underlying implications of all spot zoning claim criteria to explain how land use practitioners and reviewing courts could curb these trends without violating stare decisis.

This Article evaluates the adequacy of public engagement with respect to overall carbon dioxide removal policies as well as the siting and operation of individual direct air capture and storage facilities.