A Guide to National Environmental Justice Screening Tools

For his human rights capstone project, Eddie Dilworth created a guide to national environmental justice screening tools from the Center for Diseases Control (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). These tools are meant to screen for communities that may face disproportionate burdens from climate change and environmental issues, and generally combine data on both environmental burdens, and socioeconomic factors to highlight these communities, including for additional research attention or government resources. However, it is challenging to read each of their 35+ page technical documentation reports and make an informed decision on which screening tool to use and what its limitations may be. This project thus aims to summarize the technical documentations of the tools, provide demonstrations of how to use them, and outline their main differences, in ArcGIS StoryMaps.

Student project deposited by department for archival purposes. Original work unavailable for public download due to permission restriction preferences of the author.