- by Aaron Kreider, Energy Justice Network
One of the main goals of Energy Justice Network's Justice Map project is to demonstrate the role that income and race play in the siting of dirty facilities. You can use Justice Map (by clicking on Advanced Mode) to analyze the race and income of people who live within, say, 1 mile of a facility and compare it to those who live further.
If you have a set of facilities (or anything else) that you want to analyze, we have also created a Spatial Justice Test. You can apply this test to our data set of power plants, and answer questions like "Who lives near operating trash incinerators?" Or you can use the test on your own data set.
We have just finished our Guide to the Spatial Justice Test. Running the test is relatively easy and does not require any background in statistics or GIS. We hope that you will run your own tests and share the results with us!