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- Environmental Justice Coalition - Coalition dedicated to passing an Environmental Justice Act.
- U.S. Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Site - General information, case studies, and training resources on applicable requirements and on addressing environmental justice in the planning process for highways and other transportation systems.
- Environmental Justice - Greenaction is a new organization created by community groups in the southwest United States and former Greenpeace staff who have joined together in the struggle for health and environmental justice.
- Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University - Research, policy, and information clearinghouse on issues related to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban sprawl, and Smart Growth.
- National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (U.S.) - A federal advisory committee established to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. EPA on matters related to environmental justice.
- Working Group on Environmental Justice - A group of scholars and activists committed to doing further research and promoting effective action to advance the cause of environmental justice.
- Exec. Order, Environmental Justice - US federal actions (Feb. 1994) to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations.
- Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware, Newark - Master degree in Environmental and Energy Policy; MA in Energy, Environment and Equity; Ph.D. in Environmental and Energy Policy; PhD in Technology, Environment and Society. Research Areas: Energy Sustainability; Environmental Justice; Global Environments;Political Ecology; Sustainable Development; Water Sustainability.
- Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) - Advocacy organization site includes training manual, issues information, press releases and information on empowering those affected by environmental abuses to investigate, expose and combat those problems.
- Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism Links - Annotated collection of internet links, from Meg-A-World.
Wikipedia Articles
- Environmental justice - Environmental justice is the confluence of social and environmental movements, which deals with the inequitable environmental burden born by groups such as racial minorities, women, or residents of developing nations. It is a holistic effort to analyze and overcome the power structures that have traditionally thwarted environmental reforms.
- West Harlem Environmental Action - West Harlem Environmental Action (also known as WEACT) is a Harlem, New York City based non-profit environmental justice organization focusing on sustainability, public health, pollution, and other urban quality of life issues. The organization was founded in 1988 to mobilize community opposition to the city's operation of the North River Sewage Treatment Plant and the planned construction of an MTA's bus depot.
- Ruckus Society - The Ruckus Society is an organization that sponsors skill-sharing and direct action training camps for activists from impacted communities working on social justice, human rights and environmental justice. Ruckus was founded by Mike Roselle and co-founded with Twilly Cannon and JR Roof to specialize in environmental activism and Guerrilla communication.
- Trade justice - Trade justice is a campaign by non-governmental organisations, such as consumer groups, trade unions, faith groups, aid agencies and environmental groups. These organisations lobby for changes to the rules and practices of world trade so that poor people and the environment benefit.
- Alliance for Justice - Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations in the USA.