Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice Links
- Working Group on Environmental Justice A group of scholars and activists committed to doing further research and promoting effective action to advance the cause of environmental justice.
- Concerned Citizens of Tillery CCT was built upon the work of previous organizations that had toiled for Civil Rights, Social, and Environmental Justice for African-Americans in Tillery and Halifax County, North Carolina.
- IUCN Law Programme To assist in laying the strongest possible legal foundation for the conservation of the natural environment, thereby underpinning and supporting efforts at both national and international levels.
- Shell-Shocked: The environmental and social costs of living with Shell in Nigeria from Greenpeace International.
- National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (U.S.) A federal advisory committee established to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. EPA on matters related to environmental justice.
- Environmental Justice Information Page University of Michigan site intended to supply information to students and the general public about Environmental Justice and about some of the current topics.
- U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Working to ensure that federal agencies conduct their programs that have environmental impacts in a manner that ensures that they do not have the effect of excluding persons or populations to discrimination because of their race, national origin or income.
- Environmental Justice Database Michigan State University database.
- West Harlem Environmental Action Website created to inform area residents of environmental hazards in West Harlem, New York City.
- Coalition for the Advancement of Human Rights and Environmental Justice concerned with human rights and environmental concerns throughout the world
- Environmental Justice from the About.com Guide
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center A U.S. national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Collects and distributes information on topics including substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and infant mortality in minority populations.
- Environmental Justice North Carolina State University paper analyzing the problems associated with environmental inequities.
- Indigenous Environmental Network "An alliance of Indigenous Peoples protecting the sacredness of Mother Earth and building sustainable communities. ... We support basic principles of environmental justice - the rights of people to a clean environment regardless of race, economic position, gender, or national identity." Based in Minnesota.
- Sierra Club Human Rights and the Environment Campaign Current news about environmental justice issues world-wide, and opportunities for activism.
- Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health U.S. government minority health initiative. Health areas of interest include infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and child and adult immunizations.
- EcoJustice Network Addresses environmental issues facing communities in the United States involved in the environmental justice movement. Provides on-line services, informational resources and training for activists and organizations.
- Environmental Justice Strategy The EPA's strategy for implementing President Clinton's issued Executive Order 12898, focuses Federal attention on the environmental and human health conditions of minority communities and low-income communities and calls on agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their mission.
- Environmental Justice and the NIMBY Principle Report which strives to dispell the truths behind the "not in my backyard" environmental ploys, and offers reasons why poorer communities often bear the blunt of hazardous waste disposal.
- U.S. Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Site General information, case studies, and training resources on applicable requirements and on addressing environmental justice in the planning process for highways and other transportation systems.
- Envirosense: Environmental Justice (EJ) President Clinton's Executive Order on environmental justice and other information related to the U.S. environmental justice movement and government response.
- Environmental Research Foundation - Home News and resources for environmental justice. Providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment.
- Interfaith Coalition for the Environment Information about a charitable organization of men and women from various religious and spiritual traditions who believe that care for Creation and environmental justice are important matters common to all people.
- Native Americans and the Environment Collection of internet links related to environmental justice concerns of Native Americans and other indigenous peoples.
- Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University Research, policy, and information clearinghouse on issues related to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban sprawl, and Smart Growth.
- Earth Justice Ministries Network of church groups, other faith communities, justice and environmental organizations, and individuals interested in furthering the cause of social, economic, and environmental justice.
- Students for Environmental Action at Stanford Student group fighting for environmental and social justice. Current and past campaigns have been aimed at stopping medical waste incineration in a low-income minority community, supporting farmworkers campaigns, and forcing Stanford's trustees to divest from socially irresponsible corporations.
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Working to protect and shape the environment of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the San Francisco Bay area through democratic participation.
- Nindakin's Web Page Nindakin is a group dedicated to fostering student of color leadership and empowerment around community environmental justice issues. We originated at the University of California at Berkeley in 1991 and are comprised of people of color active in social and environmental justice struggles.
- Ma'at Youth Academy MYA helps high school students and adults in San Francisco Bay area communities of color and low-income areas, make their communities healthier and safer for all species.
- Environmental Justice Clinic - Thurgood Marshall School of Law a public interest, environmental project founded in 1994 to lend the expertise and commitment of the Civil Rights and Environmental Movement to disenfranchised minority and low-income communities in Texas and neighboring states throughout the South that are burdened by various environmental abuses.
- Environmental Justice Greenaction is a new organization created by community groups in the southwest United States and former Greenpeace staff who have joined together in the struggle for health and environmental justice.
- Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism Links Annotated collection of internet links, from M e g - A - W o r l d.
- The Environmental Justice Newsletter United Methodist Church
- Charlotte Women for Environmental Justice Founded by the Women of PAW Creeek in response to contamination and toxins that are being dumped in North Carolina on areas that are primarily minority and low income in population.
- OneWorld Online - Human rights, Sustainable Development and the Environment News, reports and in-depth information together with galleries, video and audio from a partnership which now includes over 300 development agencies and NGOs.
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