…for themselves and their neighbors in Warren County, along with environmental justice and civil rights leaders gathered Saturday, Sept. 24, to hear Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announce a new national office charged with advancing environmental justice and civil rights. Environmental justice means fair treatment, or that no…
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Report Links Racial, Environmental Justice
…public engagement to ensure that the executive branch and other state leaders support inclusive policies that advance equity and environmental justice and climate justice, or CJ, according to the report, which also mentions the North Carolina Secretary of Environmental Quality Michael Regan’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board implemented in…
Panel to Advise DEQ on Environmental Justice
James Johnson Jr. of UNC Chapel Hill speaks Wednesday during a ceremony to introduce the DEQ Secretary’s Environmental Justice Advisory Board. Photo: Mark Hibbs RALEIGH – A newly created panel will help change the way the state approaches and integrates environmental protection and social justice, Department of Environmental Quality Secretary…
Environmental Justice Board to assist on flood resiliency
…the request that board members join in the stakeholder process to make sure there’s “a say from an environmental justice perspective” on every angle of the project. Environmental Justice board members suggested the division engage with other environmental justice groups, contact short-term and long-term disaster recovery groups, volunteer organizations, riverkeepers,…
Panel to reflect on NC’s role in environmental justice
…rights division of the United Church of Christ in the New York City headquarters during the Warren County protests. She continued to research environmental injustice and environmental racism and in 1987 helped to publish a report by the United Church of Christ’s Commission for Racial Justice called “Toxic Waste and…
EPA to hold biweekly national environmental justice calls
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding biweekly calls to discuss and receive feedback on aspects of environmental justice. The next National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call is Oct. 12. Register through the link. To see the calendar for upcoming calls, register for upcoming calls, and view meeting materials for past…
EPA to Award Environmental Justice Grants
The Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting requests for applications for its 2019 Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. The EPA’s environmental justice grants have been awarded for healthy waters projects, as well as those for clean air, land revitalization and environmental health. Photo: EPA The program awards grants that support…
Environmental justice, equity board to meet
…has also scheduled a special meeting Tuesday on cumulative impacts. Cumulative impacts are the combined, incremental effects of human activity, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Related: Special virtual meeting set for Environmental Justice Board To view a full list of board members and additional meeting materials go to: https://deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/environmental-justice/secretarys-environmental-justice-equity-board….
Environmental justice education, research grants available
…communities? How can community-based scientific research results be translated and/or applied to provide effective solutions to reduce climate change impacts on human health in underserved communities? Learn how to apply at https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/cumulative-health-impacts-intersection-climate-change-environmental-justice-and. The closing date is Nov. 16. The state Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Justice Program announced the grant opportunities….
Environmental justice board asks for feedback on biogas
An advisory panel to the state environmental secretary has scheduled a listening session to get public feedback on proposed biogas operations in North Carolina communities. The state Department of Environmental Quality Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board has set the virtual listening session for 6 p.m. Oct. 12 ….
Task force seeks input on environmental justice priorities
A subcommittee of the Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental and Health Equity Task Force is hosting a listening session from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, to hear comments from the public on priorities for addressing environmental justice concerns across the state. The Andrea Harris Task Force’s Environmental Justice and Inclusion…
Environmental Justice Board to meet remotely Aug. 23
…Environmental Justice and Equity Board’s website when ready. Members of the public are welcome to listen in online or by phone during the meeting scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 23. Visit the Environmental Justice webpage for the link to attend the meeting online. Use meeting number 161 550…