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feature January 17, 2013

Ecology Without Equality

Environmental justice advocate and former 50 States Ambassador, Vernice Miller-Travis, discusses why the fractured nature of green groups and the environmental justice movement undermines our overall political effectiveness.

Press Release June 25, 2003

Environmental Organizations Call for Real Accountability on Public Lands Grazing

BLM not managing for multiple use

CITY HALL, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/05/03: Hundreds students took part in the School Strike for Climate on May 3, 2019 in New York City, joining over 500 events worldwide. The students held a rally and perform a die in outside City Hall to bring attention to Mayor De Blasio's inaction to declare a climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Press Release July 20, 2020

National Crises Highlight the Need for Climate Solutions Addressing Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice

The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform provides a road map to integrate equity and justice into climate policy

CITY HALL, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/05/03: Hundreds students took part in the School Strike for Climate on May 3, 2019 in New York City, joining over 500 events worldwide. The students held a rally and perform a die in outside City Hall to bring attention to Mayor De Blasio's inaction to declare a climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Press Release July 18, 2019

Environmental Justice and National Environmental Groups Advance a Historic Joint Climate Platform

The first-of-its-kind National Climate Platform lays out a vision for just and equitable climate solutions

Press Release July 14, 2021

Coalition of Environmental Justice and National Groups Celebrates Equity Advances, Calls on Biden & Congress to Further Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice

Platform co-authors highlight environmental justice gains made this year by the Biden-Harris administration and by Congress, while also listing urgent needs still to be addressed in federal action on recovery, jobs, climate and infrastructure legislation

An oil refinery looms over the west side of Port Arthur, TX.
(Eric Kayne for Earthjustice)
feature April 27, 2018

A Disaster In The Making

A new report documents how people have been left in harm’s way, as the Trump administration attempts to block the Chemical Disaster Rule.

Press Release: Victory November 3, 2021

Environmental Rights Amendment Passes in New York

Constitutional Amendment will give every New Yorker a right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment

Press Release February 14, 2022

175 Environmental, Environmental Justice, Civil Rights, and Allied Organizations Send Letter to House Natural Resources Committee in Support of Environmental Justice for All Act

Groups demand action on the Environmental Justice for All Act to help impacted communities

Press Release March 23, 2021

Environmental Justice and National Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Pass Recovery Bill Addressing Climate Crisis, Pollution, Clean Energy, Racial Injustice, and Jobs in Vulnerable Communities

In a letter to Congress written by the co-authors of the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform, the groups note that the United States is facing a devastating impact from intersecting health, economic, racial justice, environmental justice and climate crises

Vernice Miller-Travis cofounded WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a community based organization in New York City.
(Chris Jordan-Bloch)
Article February 9, 2016

Race & Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis

A Conversation with Activist Vernice Miller-Travis, a longtime environmental justice advocate and cofounder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice.

Flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA.
(Photo courtesy of Jesse Marquez)
Press Release May 23, 2016

EPA Commits to Strengthen Enforcement for Communities Hit Hardest by Environmental Injustice

2020 Action Plan highlights how pollution hazards go hand in hand with racial and economic inequality.

page April 28, 2010

Law Clerkship, Summer 2024

Career Opportunities Law Clerkship, Summer 2024 About Us Earthjustice is seeking summer law clerks who share a passion for justice and a healthy environment. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to…

Press Release May 5, 2022

EJNCP Releases Environmental Justice Investment Recommendations in the Appropriations Process

Coalition urges historic levels of funding for environmental justice

feature January 17, 2019

Special Report: Two Years of Overruling the Trump Administration

The record shows that the Trump’s efforts to weaken environmental regulations are no match for the law.

Press Release August 22, 2000

Russian Environmentalists Sue President Putin Over Dissolution of Environmental Regulatory Agency

Ecojuris Institute, a Russian environmental law group, filed suit asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional and invalid a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on May 17th that abolished the independent Russian State Committee on Environmental Protection and the Russian Forest Service, and transferred their functions to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The incoming Trump administration could try to roll back recent progress toward environmental justice, but these visionary community leaders are ready to resist.
(BaLL LunLa/Shutterstock)
Article December 16, 2016

Environmental Justice Leaders to Stand Strong in the Trump Era

The incoming Trump administration could try to roll back recent progress toward environmental justice, but these visionary community leaders are ready to resist.

CITY HALL, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2019/05/03: Hundreds students took part in the School Strike for Climate on May 3, 2019 in New York City, joining over 500 events worldwide. The students held a rally and perform a die in outside City Hall to bring attention to Mayor De Blasio's inaction to declare a climate emergency. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Press Release July 18, 2019

Grupos Ambientales Nacionales y de Justicia Ambiental Promueven Una Histórica Plataforma Climática Conjunta

La Plataforma Nacional Climática insta a una acción climática nacional que confronte las injusticias ambientales, económicas y raciales

Press Release May 27, 2021

Landmark Report from First White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Should Guide Biden Administration’s Justice40 Implementation and its National Climate Policies

Report presents a comprehensive and consequential set of recommendations to center environmental justice in national policies