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In Solidarity with Maui: Taking Action for Wildfire Response, Recovery, and Prevention
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Our Climate and Our Health
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EJSCREEN: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
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National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Data Explorer
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Injecting Knowledge to Cure Injustice by Sacoby Wilson
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The Road to Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice
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Taking Action for Climate Justice: Our Top Tools, Resources, Stories, and Data
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Environmental Justice is About Government Engaging with Communities on a Personal Level by Edith Pestana
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2023 Farm Bill: Advancing Public Health at the Intersection of Food, Environment, and Economic Policy
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Sometimes Honey is Better Than Vinegar by Vernice Miller-Travis
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Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.
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Confronting Environmental Racism: Justice at the Intersections of Environment and Race
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How Everyday People Started a Movement That's Shaping Climate Action to This Day
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Environmental Justice from a Physicians Perspective by Donna Christensen
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EPA Just Detailed All the Ways Climate Change Will Hit U.S. Racial Minorities the Hardest. It’s a Long List.
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Published on 09/02/2021
Environmental Justice: The Power of Partnerships
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Bringing the Vital Conditions to Life: Thriving Natural World
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To Close the Park Access Gap, Open Ip Schoolyards
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Building Bridges for Sustainability and Environmental Justice by Sue Briggum
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Are you getting the basic amenities your taxes paid for? by Omega Wilson
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Louisiana’s Coastal Communities Are Solving Their Own Flooding Crisis
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The Origins of Environmental Justice—and Why it’s Finally Getting the Attention it Deserves
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Strong Leaders Matter by Lisa Jackson
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A Breath of Fresh Air After 35 Years by Susana Almanza
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Our Favorite Equity Data Tools
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Indigenous Food Sovereignty Movements Are Taking Back Ancestral Land
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Unequal Impact: The Deep Links Between Racism and Climate Change
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Published on 06/09/2020
This Is the First Ecosystem With Its Own Insurance Policy
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How the Indigenous Practice of ‘Good Fire’ Can Help Our Forests Thrive
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7 Ways Spatial Inequality Compromises Health and Well-Being
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Smells Like Progress: Growing up in Cancer Alley by Dr. Beverly Wright
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Pollution by Design: Reducing Pollution through Organization by Penny Newman
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Empowering Citizens is What Environmental Justice is all About, by Reggie Harris
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Can One Community Organization Change an Entire City? by Dr. Mildred McClain
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Lower 9 + 10
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Chicagoland is Breathing a Little Easier by Kimberly Wasserman
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For Over A Century, California Banned Indigenous Cultural Fires. Now, That's Changing.
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Climate Change’s Uneven Impact on Communities of Color Compounded by Uneven Flow of Aid
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Parks for All People: Addressing Legacies of Racism, Displacement, and Exclusion in National Parks
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Addressing Environmental Racism
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You are the True Expert about Your Community by Teri Blanton
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Illinois Shows Us What the Road to Clean Energy Should Look Like
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What I’m Fighting To Protect: 21-Year-Old Kanaka Maoli Photographer and Climate Activist Kapulei Flores Documents Hawaiʻi Through Native Eyes
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Legal & Policy Strategies for Health Care & Food System Partners
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Black Voters Are More Concerned About Climate Change Than the National Average, With Implications for Policy and Messaging
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H.R. 2919 - THRIVE Act
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Guide to Equitable, Community-Driven Climate Preparedness Planning
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Here’s How National Parks Are Working To Fight Racism
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Tribal Fish and Wildlife Management
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Inclusion in the Outdoors
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What is Environmental Racism and How Can We Fight It?
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Using Environmental Justice to Inform Disaster Recovery: Vulnerability and Electricity Restoration in Puerto Rico
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Understanding the Impact of Equitable Collaborations Between Science Institutions and Community-Based Organizations: Improving Science through Community-Led Research
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Environmental Justice from the Bottom-Up
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Transportation Projects Must Prioritize Public Health Over Industry Wealth, Residents and Advocates Say
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Environmental Justice and Drinking Water Quality: Are There Socioeconomic Disparities in Nitrate Levels in U.S. Drinking Water?
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The Environmental Justice Movement
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Tribal Communities
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What Conservation Efforts Can Learn from Indigenous Communities
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An Indigenous People's Right to Environmental Self-Determination: Native Hawaiians and the Struggle Against Climate Change Devastation
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Unleashing the Power of the People: Lessons on Public Engagement for Environmental and Climate Justice
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Decolonizing Environmentalism
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Brought to you by Yes! Magazine
After the Storm: The Importance of Acknowledging Environmental Justice in Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness
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5 Things to Know About Communities of Color and Environmental Justice
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Why Place Matters: Building a Movement for Healthy Communities
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What Is Climate Colonialism? What to Know About Why Climate Change and Colonialism Are Linked.
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The Climate Gap and the Color Line — Racial Health Inequities and Climate Change
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Equity and Environment Agenda
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Brought to you by City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment
Published on 04/01/2016
Impact of Chicago’s Environmental Justice Executive Order
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A Roadmap to an Equitable Low-Carbon Future: Four Pillars for a Just Transition
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Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
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Racial Disparities and Climate Change
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Traditional Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems
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Racial Disparities in Climate Change‑Related Health Effects in the United States
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The Next System Project: Environment and Energy
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Brought to you by The Democracy Collaborative
Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Supporting Environmental Justice and Equitable Development
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Centering Frontline Communities
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National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
Resource - Website/webpage
Indigenous Environmental Network
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How Transportation Planners Can Advance Racial Equity and Environmental Justice
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Brought to you by Urban Institute
What Is the Future Energy Jobs Act?
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Brought to you by Citizens Utility Board
How Does Place Affect Health?
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Brought to you by ATSDR
Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist
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EPA Environmental Protection in Indian Country
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Energy Efficiency with Justice
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People Who’ve Contributed Least to Climate Change Are Most Affected By It
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Voices from the Valley: Inclusion in the Outdoors
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The Center for Law and Social Policy: Environmental Justice
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Brought to you by CLASP
The Principles of Environmental Justice (EJ)
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Combining Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Monitoring Populations for Co-Management
Resource - Journal Article
Hope for Our Planet: Judaism and Environmental Justice Amid Pandemic
Resource - Blog
A Burning Issue: Reviewing the Socio-Demographic and Environmental Justice Aspects of the Wildfire Literature
Resource - Journal Article
Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map
Tool - Data/mapping Tool
Tribal Climate Resilience Program Awards Map
Tool - Data/mapping Tool
Staff Pick!
EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model
Tool
Staff Pick!
CalEnviroScreen
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National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) Viewer
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Just Energy: Reducing Pollution, Creating Jobs Toolkit
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Lives Saved Calculator
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