May 28, 2020
Today, a coalition of environmental, labor and social justice groups are calling for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state legislative leaders to extend a moratorium on utility shutoffs through the end of the year.
January 6, 2020
Washington, DC-- Over the holidays, it was revealed that the Trump administration’s Department of the Interior (DOI) will remove “sexual orientation” from the agency’s anti-discrimination guidelines. The change could have an effect on both LGBTQ people applying for jobs at DOI, as well as existing employees seeking to report discrimination internally. The decision could lead to more workplace discrimation.
September 24, 2019
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning released an initial draft update to the safety standards governing the Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oil field in the country.
July 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a recent interview with Eva McKend of Spectrum News, Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was pressed about his reaction to Trump’s racist attacks on four women of color in Congress -- Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley. Wheeler twice refused to condemn Trump’s racism and instead pivoted to his own attacks on Congress while distorting the effects of the Administration’s policies that will lead to more pollution, especially in low-income communities and communities of color.
July 17, 2019
Washington, D.C. — To confront the widening dangers of our climate crisis, leading U.S. environmental justice and national environmental groups today are advancing for the first time an Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.
May 23, 2019
Environmental justice advocates and residents of Robeson County traveled to Charlotte to urge DEQ and the NCDEQ Environmental Justice Advisory & Equity Board to scrutinize Duke Energy’s plans for a dirty, dangerous liquified natural gas (LNG) facility in their community.
April 25, 2019
New York, NY -- Today, ElectrifyNY, a new coalition of environmental justice, public transportation, public health, and good jobs advocates, launched its campaign for a clean, equitable electric transportation future for the state of New York.
April 17, 2019
Los Angeles, CA -- Today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the State of the City, announcing a framework for a Green New Deal in Los Angeles. Garcetti is raising the ambition in the City’s sustainability plan, establishing a Climate Emergency Commission composed of frontline communities, and continuing leadership in phasing gas out of Los Angeles’ economy and transitioning to 100% clean energy.
March 6, 2019
San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Yesterday, National Public Radio released an in-depth report on the ways in which federal disaster funding exacerbates economic inequality by favoring wealthy communities.
February 11, 2019
Last week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with 66 House representatives and 10 Senators, introduced their highly-lauded Green New Deal resolution, which seeks to tackle the climate crisis, create millions of good, high-wage jobs, secure clean air and water, and counteract systemic injustices.