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Press Release June 21, 2007

Earthjustice Presents 2007 'Environmental Rights Report' to UN

Environmental problems now seen as a human rights issue

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.

feature November 3, 2012

Coal Ash: Reports & Publications

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.

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

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.

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 March 1, 2007

Global Warming & Human Rights Gets Hearing on the World Stage

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

Press Release April 8, 2005

Earthjustice Presents 2005 'Environmental Rights Report' to UN

Human right to a healthy environment becoming international standard

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

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 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

Flags fly at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in 2016, near Cannonball, North Dakota.
(Lucas Zhao / CC BY-NC 2.0)
feature March 22, 2017

In Conversation: Standing With Standing Rock

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

Press Release April 10, 2003

2003 Human Rights and the Environment Report Presented to UN

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

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

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

Press Release January 15, 2002

Aerial Herbicide Spraying Violates Human Rights of Peasants and Indigenous Communities in Colombia and Ecuador

UN Commission on Human Rights Urged to Act

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 May 5, 2022

EJNCP Releases Environmental Justice Investment Recommendations in the Appropriations Process

Coalition urges historic levels of funding for environmental justice