Schedule and readings for Week 7

Tuesday - I will answer any questions you have in preparation for the midterm.  Then we will begin our conversation on Environmental Justice.

Let's start with this interview - http://e360.yale.edu/features/a-troubling-look-at-the-human-toll-of-mountaintop-removal-mining

Thursday - We will discuss this Janet Currie paper - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4847437/pdf/nihms764460.pdf


I will send out the midterm as a take-home exam after class on Tuesday and it will be due at the beginning of class on Thursday.


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