Environmental problems now seen as a human rights issue

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.

Read reports and analysis from Earthjustice and our partners, which document the growing public health threat from coal ash, the hazardous waste that remains after coal is burned.

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

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

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

Earthjustice Managing Attorney Martin Wagner gives testimony before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Human right to a healthy environment becoming international standard

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

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

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

Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman, lead counsel to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their litigation, discusses the historic legal case and what lies ahead.

Human rights-based approach to environmental protection becoming international legal norm

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

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

UN Commission on Human Rights Urged to Act

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

Coalition urges historic levels of funding for environmental justice