Discussion Questions: Teen Maps Contaminants from a Coal Plant

• What do you think the term environmental justice means?
• Remediation is a word often used in environmental justice situations. What needs to be done to the proposed park area to prepare it for use as a playground area?
• Research the process of turning coal into other forms of energy. What are the by-products? What emissions are produced by coal-burning plants, and how do these emissions affect human health?