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National Communications Strategist, Partnerships and Intersectional Justice

Based in Washington, D.C., Keith is the National Communications Strategist for Partnerships and Intersectional Justice.

A woman wearing a hat, sweatshirt and black pants stands in ankle-deep water with the ocean behind her, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression.
March 31, 2025

Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.

By Keith Rushing  /  Community Partnerships Program & Oceans Program

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we’re suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.

A woman looks directly at the camera with a serious expression standing in the door of a greenhouse.
March 17, 2025

Trump Desmantela Políticas de Justicia Ambiental, Pero la Lucha Continúa

By Keith Rushing  /  Community Partnerships Program

La administración está recortando iniciativas destinadas a ayudar a comunidades racializadas y de bajos ingresos que enfrentan altas cargas de contaminación.

A woman looks directly at the camera with a serious expression standing in the door of a greenhouse.
March 14, 2025

Trump Guts Environmental Justice Policies, but the Fight for Justice Continues

By Keith Rushing  /  Community Partnerships Program

The administration is slashing initiatives meant to help communities of color and low-income communities facing high pollution burdens.

A beat up sign that has been shot and partially torn off stands in the foreground. It reads "Sulphur Bank Mercury Physical and Chemical" but some words are missing. Below that it reads USEPA Superfund.
March 7, 2025

He Worked to Clean up Superfund Sites. The Trump Administration Fired Him.

By Keith Rushing

Thousands of firings across the EPA and other federal agencies put our environment and public health at risk.

Devon stands at a table looking at something off camera, surrounded by people in a meeting room.
October 29, 2024

North Carolina Communities’ Battle Against Animal Factory Pollution

By Keith Rushing  /  Sustainable Food & Farming Program

Overburdened communities in North Carolina face the harshest impacts of industrial animal production. Now, they’re taking a stand.

The spring at Ha’ Kamwe’ in Wikieup, Ariz.
October 11, 2022

Lithium Mining Threatens Arizona Tribe’s Sacred Spring

By Keith Rushing  /  Tribal Partnerships Program

An Australian mining company threatens an irreplaceable cultural resource of the Hualapai people.

La construcción para expandir la carretera I-70 se ubica muy cerca de las viviendas de Globeville y Elyria-Swansea, en el norte de Denver.
May 3, 2022

¿Cuál es el Significado de la Justicia Ambiental? Demos un Vistazo al Norte de Denver

By Keith Rushing  /  Northern Rockies Office

Un movimiento comunitario en la capital de Colorado pone en aviso a los contaminadores de antaño mientras se adquieren nuevas protecciones para los residentes.

Construction on the I-70 freeway expansion bumps up against homes in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods of North Denver.
April 15, 2022

What’s Environmental Justice Mean? Look at North Denver

By Keith Rushing  /  Rocky Mountain Office

A community movement in Denver puts longtime polluters on notice and wins new protections for residents.

Un manifestante ondea la bandera puertorriqueña durante una protesta pública contra la privatización del servicio de energía eléctrica en San Juan, Puerto Rico, en junio de 2021.
July 7, 2021

Por Qué Puerto Rico Necesita del Sol Para Un Futuro Con Energía Limpia

By Keith Rushing  /  Clean Energy Program & Florida Office

La llaman la “Isla del Encanto”, pero si las empresas de combustibles fósiles se salen con la suya, la magia simplemente no durará.

Un trabajador distribuye jugo de naranja en un estante de alimentos en Brooklyn el 14 de abril de 2020. La crisis del coronavirus está aumentando la inseguridad alimentaria.
February 10, 2021

Justice During COVID and Climate Change

By Keith Rushing & Jessica A. Knoblauch

As the impacts worsen from the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, longstanding injustices continue to put corporate profits over the benefit of all people. There is a more just path forward.