Environmental justice encompasses the concept that everyone—regardless of race, color, national origin, or income—has the right to the same environmental protections and benefits, as well as meaningful involvement in the policies that shape their communities. Everyone deserves clean air, water, and the right to a liveable present and future.
Countless studies have proven the disproportionate environmental burden that faces already marginalized communities, and it is our duty to push for change that addresses the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis and interrelated systemic injustices. This involves prioritizing our efforts and solidarity with the communities that historically have faced the most harms and had the least say in the processes and policies that impact them. It also involves following the leadership of local Indigenous communities and upholding their right to rematriate and steward their ancestral lands and waters.
No climate action is adequate if it does not center environmental justice!
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December 16th, 2020 was the first time air pollution was listed on a death certificate. Seven years after 9-year-old Londoner Ella-Kissi-Debrah’s death, a coroner ruled that her fatal asthma attack was caused by high levels of air pollution. In the
Anyone who was in the Bay Area on September 9, 2020 will forever remember the day it never got light and the sky was shrouded in a smokey dark orange haze. On that day,14,000 firefighters were battling devastating wildfires across
Activist Elizabeth Yeampierre has long focused on the connections between racial injustice and the environment and climate change. In the wake of George Floyd’s killing and the outsized impact of Covid-19 on communities of color, she hopes people may finally
The Bay Area has a “refinery corridor”, the five refineries spanning from Richmond to Concord. Keep in mind, there are only 135 refineries in the US, and FIVE of them are right here in our region. As outlined in our
