…Department of Environmental Quality to create a common discourse on environmental justice and coordinate with state executive agencies on the integration of environmental justice considerations into current and future policies, programs, and procedures. Environmental justice refers to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,…
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Regan guest speaker at Martin Luther King Jr. observance
…conditions and low wages. Although the environmental justice movement began nearly two decades after King’s death, the core values of the movement are undeniably aligned with Dr. King’s teachings and his actions. Regan explained that environmental justice is the fair treatment and the meaningful involvement of all people regardless of…
Time’s Up for Decision on Hog Farms
…eastern part of the state, the region where North Carolina’s hog farms are densely clustered. “For so long, people have been talking about the problem in terms of environmental justice,” said Marianne Engelman Lado, a lawyer with the group Earthjustice, which is representing the environmental groups. “That eastern North Carolina…
Decision Ends Chapter In Hog Farm Disputes
…justice policy director. “Environmental justice is very much about not just black and brown communities, but low-income communities that have something in common — politically they are not powerful.” About 26% of Bladen County’s population live below the poverty line, according to the latest Census information. That’s double the national…
Supreme Court strikes down EPA’s wetlands definition
The Supreme Court front row, from left: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan; back row, from left: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett M….
Navassa: A Century of Contamination
…tidal marsh at the site than environmental officials had anticipated. Federal environmental officials say they are almost ready to present to town representatives draft reports from an ongoing investigation into how to clean up and redevelop the 251-acre, former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. site. One conclusion from tests done so far…
Methane’s climate effects get new attention during summit
…In North Carolina alone, mitigating a significant source of methane emissions — hog farms — by installation of biogas technology involves diving into longstanding social and environmental justice issues, multiple legal challenges, controversial permitting and accusations of broken agreements and lopsided financial benefits. Hog waste from thousands of swine operations…
Executive order to expand zero-emission vehicle market
…a top priority for climate action. Kym Meyer, senior attorney at Southern Environmental Law Center, called the move “an important, forward-thinking step to address climate change, the health of our communities, and environmental justice.” Environmental Defense Fund State Director David Kelly said the order “strengthens North Carolina’s position as a…
Groups Seek Judicial Review of EPA Report
…our families. If we can’t rely on our regulators to take health and environmental threats seriously, then why do they even exist? While we hope the incoming administration upholds its commitment to environmental justice, we also have to take this challenge to the U.S. Court of Appeals because the stakes…
EPA proposes 3 new actions to protect public from PFAS
Environmental Protection Agency officials announced plans three actions to better detect and manage PFAS pollution. Photo: EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials announced last week three steps they say will better protect communities from pollutants that are often called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down easily in the environment…
EJ Board to Discuss Atlantic Coast Pipeline
…To attend via WebEx, visit https://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/onstage/g.php?MTID=ee8130ed959efaab17502547206fbe1a5 Meeting number / Access Code: 161 900 8800 Password: 756534963 Phone: +1-415-655-0003 US TOLL The board’s 16 members were selected from across North Carolina and represent the diverse cultures of the state. To view a full list of the board’s members go to: https://deq.nc.gov/outreach-education/environmental-justice/secretarys-environmental-justice-equity-board….
2018 Dominated by GenX, Florence, Election
…eastern North Carolina. James Johnson Jr. of UNC Chapel Hill speaks during a ceremony to introduce the DEQ Secretary’s Environmental Justice Advisory Board. Photo: Mark Hibbs May DEQ Secretary Michael Regan announced the appointment of a new 16-member Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board. Cape Fear Public Utility Authority began…