This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) released a proposal to repeal all greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants. In response, some of the environmental justice …
The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, the Center for the Urban Environment of the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean University, the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA), and the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, along with 18 environmental justice and 9 allied organizations are submitting public comments today on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed carbon pollution standards for coal and new natural gas fired power plants.
The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform (EJNCP), a coalition of environmental justice and national environmental groups, released the following statement in response to a permitting proposal under discussion between Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Congressional leadership. The proposal, which was leaked to the media and carried a watermark from the American Petroleum Institute – a fossil fuel trade association – would needlessly expedite permits and limit environmental review of pipeline projects, as well as force the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, among other fossil fuel friendly provisions:
Members of the Platform for a Just Climate came together to develop recommendations to provide an effective framework for identifying environmental justice communities for state- or federal-mandated emissions reductions in environmental justice policy. This report is a culmination of research and discussions among coalition members on the topic.
To confront the widening dangers of our climate crisis, leading U.S. environmental justice and national environmental groups today are advancing for the first time an Equitable and Just National Climate Platform.
This bold and historic platform highlights a shared vision and calls for national climate action that confronts racial, economic, and environmental injustice as it enacts deep cuts in climate pollution and accelerates a pollution-free energy future that benefits all communities.
