Examines the culture politics and history of the movement for environmental justice in new york city tracking activism in four neighborhoods on issues of public health garbage and energy systems in the context of privatization deregulation and globalization racial minority and low income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Examines the culture politics and history of the movement for environmental justice in new york city tracking activism in four neighborhoods on issues of public health garbage and energy systems in the context of privatization deregulation and globalization racial minority and low income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Environmental justice advocates argue that these communities are on the front lines of environmental and health risks in noxious new york julie sze analyzes the culture politics and history of environmental justice activism in new york city within the larger context of privatization deregulation and globalization she tracks urban . Examines the culture politics and history of the movement for environmental justice in new york city tracking activism in four neighborhoods on issues of public health garbage and energy systems in the context of privatization deregulation and globalization. Italicnoxious new york the racial politics of urban health and environmental justice italic by julie sze cambridge mass the mit press 2007 282 pp 2400