The Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board is holding a special meeting on cumulative impacts at 6 p.m. March 16 in the Green Square Training Room, 217 West Jones St., Raleigh. Cumulative Impacts are the totality of exposures to combinations of chemical stressors in the environment and nonchemical stressors…
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Secretary’s Environmental Justice Board to meet Oct. 13
The Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board will hold its quarterly business meeting at 3 p.m. Oct. 13 in Raleigh. An agenda is to be provided closer to the meeting date, officials said. The public can attend the meeting in-person at the Green Square Training Room, 217 West Jones…
‘Sick Buildings’ Add to COVID-Linked Inequity
…health disparities, and achieve environmental justice for a better North Carolina.” James H. Johnson Jr. is on the Environmental Justice and Inclusion Subcommittee and serves as director of Urban Investment Strategies Center, Kenan-Flagler School of Business, and is chair of the state Department of Environmental Quality’s Environmental Justice and Equity…
Biden Signs Order On Climate, EJ, Natural Gas
…environmental, economic and climate impacts on disadvantaged communities. The order creates a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council and a White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council to address current and historical environmental injustices, including strengthening environmental justice monitoring and enforcement through new or strengthened offices at the Environmental Protection Agency,…
Underserved, Underwater: Mapping a Future
…homeowners.” Naeema Muhammad is organizing director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network and a member of the NCDEQ Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Board. She knows firsthand the challenges residents of environmental justice communities face. “It’s about the sentimental and emotional ties and values that people are connected to…
Governor recommits to a clean energy economy
…that will benefit all North Carolinians.” The order directs cabinet agencies to consider environmental justice when taking actions related to climate change, resilience and clean energy, as well as prioritize environmental justice, clean economy and climate priorities in budget decisions. Cabinet agencies are encouraged to work with advocates and stakeholders…
Report Blasts Wood Pellet Industry’s Effects
…quality permit to produce more pellets than originally planned at its plant under construction in Hamlet in Richmond County. Founded in 1965, the Rachel Carson Council is a national environmental organization envisioned by Rachel Carson to carry on her work that focuses on environmental justice, climate change, toxic waste and…
EJ Board Gives Voice to Poor Neighborhoods
Members of the state environmental secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board get a firsthand tour of environmental disasters near Wilmington. Photo: Greg Barnes This story was co-published in partnership with North Carolina Health News Members of a new state panel boarded a church bus Tuesday morning in Wilmington, intent…
State delays decision on Enviva Ahoskie air quality permit
…distressed Hertford County, from the public and the DEQ Secretary’s Environmental Justice and Equity Board, Division of Air Quality officials said the deadline no longer applies. No final action had been taken as of Monday, Dec. 5, Shawn Taylor, public information officer for the division, told Coastal Review. “In response…
NOAA Fisheries seeks comment on equity, EJ strategy
A family fishing. Photo: Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute NOAA Fisheries is asking for public comment until Aug. 19 and will host four webinars on its first-ever draft Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy. The strategy is to provide guidance for incorporating and prioritizing equity and environmental justice in ongoing and future activities…
EJ board to hear about equitable outdoor access
…Access to Healthy Outdoor Recreation: The Other Side of the Environmental Justice,” the the board members. They will also hear more on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Environmental Justice Report, and from the Division of Water Infrastructure on a service line replacement initiative. There will also be a presentation on…
Interior Department Announces New Leaders
…waters. Knodel holds a dual J.D. and Master of Environmental Management degree from Vermont Law School and the Yale School of the Environment. Shantha Ready-Alonso, Director for Intergovernmental and External Affairs — Ready-Alonso served as executive director of Creation Justice Ministries, Community Mobilization Manager for NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby,…