A VISION FOR AN EQUITABLE AND
JUST CLIMATE FUTURE

What is the Equitable and Just Climate Platform?


The Equitable and Just National Climate Platform advances the goals of economic, racial, climate, and environmental justice to improve the public health and well-being of all communities, while tackling the climate crisis. Environmental justice advocates and national environmental organizations have committed to advocate this historic, bold platform that lays out our shared vision and goals, including:


  • A healthy climate and air quality for all
  • Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity, water, and transportation for every community
  • An inclusive, just, and pollution-free energy economy with high- quality jobs
  • Safe, healthy communities and infrastructure

why you should make the commitment


Systemic racism and injustice have left economically disadvantaged communities, tribal communities, and communities of color exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollution, as well as the most vulnerable people subject to more powerful storms and floods, intense heat waves, deadly wildfires, devastating droughts, and other threats from the climate crisis.

This is a critical moment to define bold and equitable climate solutions that address the legacy of environmental racism while rebuilding the U.S. economy in ways that work for everyone—not just the wealthy few. By signing on to the platform, organizations can commit to working with us to ensure that all people and communities have the right to breathe clean air, live free of dangerous levels of toxic pollution, access healthy food, and share the benefits of a prosperous and vibrant clean economy.


THE PLATFORM

equitable and just national
climate platform

This platform lays out a bold national climate policy agenda that advances the goals of economic, racial, climate, and environmental justice. The platform identifies areas where the undersigned environmental justice (EJ) and national groups are aligned on desired outcomes for the national climate policy agenda. The platform also lays the foundation for our organizations to vastly improve the way we work together to advance ambitious and equitable national climate policies and to work through remaining differences.

the vision for an inclusive
and just climate agenda

The United States needs bold new leadership that will prioritize tackling the nation’s pressing environmental and social problems. To do this, our country needs leadership that is committed to implementing an ambitious national EJ and climate policy agenda. This agenda should be centered on innovative and equitable solutions with racial and economic justice as core goals and match the scale and urgency of the challenges we face. We must put our nation on an ambitious emissions reduction path in order to contribute equitably to global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To be successful, we must firmly be on this path by 2030. This agenda must seize the opportunity and imperative to rebuild and rebalance the economy so that it works for all people.

In order to achieve these goals, we must mobilize all of our assets—communities, all levels of government, science and research, and businesses and industry—toward the development of just, equitable, and sustainable long-term comprehensive solutions. We must challenge ourselves to advance solutions in ways that meaningfully involve and value the voices and positions of EJ frontline and fenceline communities. To do this, bold new leadership must develop inclusive strategies that acknowledge and repair the legacy of environmental harms on communities inflicted by fossil fuel and other industrial pollution. Our vision is that all people and all communities have the right to breathe clean air, live free of dangerous levels of toxic pollution, access healthy food, and enjoy the benefits of a prosperous and vibrant clean economy.

By building a just, inclusive, and climate-sustainable economy, this agenda will create millions of high-quality, safe, and family-sustaining jobs while improving the health, physical environment, prosperity, and well-being of all U.S. communities. This agenda will drive big and sustained government and private investments to curb carbon and toxic pollution; create diverse and inclusive economic opportunities; and address the legacy pollution that has burdened tribal communities, communities of color, and low-income communities. This agenda will also ensure that the transition to a clean economy does not negatively affect community livelihoods.

We understand that the problem of climate change is the result of decades of operations of a carbon-based economy, including highly energy-intensive buildings as well as industrial and transportation infrastructure. Because of the continued delay to act at the scale needed to curb carbon pollution, the risks to communities at home and around the globe are increasing at unprecedented levels, including more intense heat waves, more powerful storms and floods, more deadly wildfires, and more devastating droughts. To achieve our goals, we will need to overcome past failures that have led us to the crisis conditions we face today. These past failures include the perpetuation of systemic inequalities that have left communities of color, tribal communities, and low-income communities exposed to the highest levels of toxic pollution and the most burdened and affected by climate change. The defining environmental crisis of our time now demands an urgency to act. Yet this urgency must not displace or abandon the fundamental principles of democracy and justice.

To effectively address climate change, the national climate policy agenda must drive actions that result in real benefits at the local and community level, including pollution reduction, affordable and quality housing, good jobs, sustainable livelihoods, and community infrastructure. This will require a realignment of public dollars at all levels toward policy structures that rely heavily on holistic nonmarket-based regulatory mechanisms that explicitly account for local impacts. We understand that progress will be needed on multiple fronts and require the use of a combination of policy tools. We favor policy tools that help achieve both local and national emissions reductions of carbon and other forms of pollution. The shift to a non-greenhouse gas future will require substantial new forms of capital investment by both the public and private sectors to build a new national infrastructure as well as democratic community participation to help set infrastructure investment priorities. Unless justice and equity are central components of our climate agenda, the inequality of the carbon-based economy will be replicated in the new economy.

We understand that there are EJ concerns about carbon trading and other market-based policies. These concerns include the fact that these policies do not guarantee emissions reduction in EJ communities and can even allow increased emissions in communities that are already disproportionately burdened with pollution and substandard infrastructure. In order to ensure climate solutions are equitable, support for climate research that assesses how policies affect overburdened and vulnerable communities is essential.

an equitable and just
national climate agenda

To effectively build an inclusive, just, and clean-energy economy, the national climate agenda must achieve the following:

All communities have a right to live free from exposure to dangerous toxic pollution in their soil as well as in the air they breathe, the food they eat, and the water they drink. Yet persistent racial and economic inequalities—and the forces that cause them—embedded throughout our society have concentrated toxic polluters near and within communities of color, tribal communities, and low-income communities. These underlying social forces, including persistent and systematic racial discrimination and economic inequality, have created disproportionately high environmental and public health risks in these areas relative to wealthier white neighborhoods. The national climate policy agenda must address this environmental injustice head-on by prioritizing climate solutions and other policies that also reduce pollution in these legacy communities at the scale needed to significantly improve their public health and quality of life. The agenda must also build the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fulfill its mission to protect the nation’s health and the environment by developing and enforcing effective regulations for all communities.

The devastating and costly consequences of climate change threaten the health, safety, and livelihoods of people across the country. Generations of economic and social injustice have put communities on the frontlines of climate change effects. The national climate policy agenda must have as its foundation policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and locally harmful air pollution at the ambitious scale and speed needed to avoid the worst and most costly health impacts, especially for the most vulnerable communities and communities coping with the legacy pollution from the present economy. This includes reducing emissions in low-income areas and communities of color—EJ communities—through a suite of policies, including climate mitigation policy. The agenda must mobilize vast new resources to reduce carbon pollution, curb locally harmful pollution, and build resilience to improve the health, safety, and livability of all communities in a climate-changed world.

History shows that environmental regulation does not necessarily mean healthy environments for all communities. Many communities suffer from the cumulative effects of multiple pollution sources. A national climate policy agenda that addresses climate pollution must not abandon or diminish the important goal of reducing toxic pollution in all its forms. Climate solutions must be part of a comprehensive approach to reducing legacy environmental and economic impacts on communities and be designed intentionally to ensure that they do not impose further risks. Strategies to address climate change must not disproportionately benefit some communities while imposing costs on others. In fact, the national climate policy agenda should be used to reduce the disproportionate amount of pollution that is often found in EJ communities and that is associated with cumulative impacts, public health risks, and other persistent challenges.

The shift to a sustainable, just, and equitable energy future requires innovative forms of investment and governance that distribute the benefits of this transition equitably and justly. This includes investing in the development of innovative decentralized models of energy provision; community governance and ownership; incorporation of social and health benefits into energy systems planning; incentivizing the inclusion of equity into future energy investment through public programs; and supporting public and private research and development to include equity considerations in new technology development.

The national climate policy agenda must drive a rapid shift toward a pollution-free, inclusive, and just economy as well as create high-quality jobs with family-sustaining wages and safe and healthy working conditions. Breaking down the barriers that produce unemployment and underemployment must be a priority. Workers must be treated fairly and supported through investments in workforce and job training programs, especially in communities with disproportionately high underemployed and unemployed populations and in communities that have been historically reliant on fossil fuel extraction and energy production.

The national climate policy agenda must significantly reduce domestic energy vulnerability and poverty by addressing the problem of high energy cost burdens. To live and prosper in today’s society, access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is a basic need in daily life and fundamental to achieving rights related to health, environmental quality, education, and food and income security. Given the disparities in the housing stock and infrastructure across communities, it is imperative that future energy systems provide affordable energy access that ensures a healthy standard of living that provides for the basic needs of children and families. The nation needs bold new leadership that will ensure access to sustainable energy, including by supporting investments in cooperative and nonprofit energy organizations; community and stakeholder engagement and participation in energy planning; public-private partnerships; and renewable and energy efficiency demonstration projects in our most vulnerable communities.

As a major contributor to climate and air pollution, we must build the next century’s transportation system to ensure healthy air quality for all communities. This will require massive investment in affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable transportation. As with other sectors, the transportation system has a direct effect on economic and social opportunities. Public resources and planning decisions affect patterns of urban development and the structure of local economies, including where jobs and employment are located. The transportation sector is also responsible for providing accessibility to basic human needs. Therefore, transportation planning must ensure affordable transportation that provides for community members’ mobility and access to daily activities and services, including jobs, education, health care, affordable housing, and social networks.

Clean and affordable energy and transportation through an increased and appropriate level of new federal investment in zero-emissions transportation options for all community members in both rural and urban areas must be a priority. This includes programs to scale up investment in public transit; zero-emissions transit buses, diesel trucks, and school buses; and accessible and affordable adoption of electric cars. We also need smart planning that will make our communities safe for pedestrian and bicycle travel.

The goods movement system that distributes raw materials and consumer products currently relies on diesel engines that produce emissions that have significant health and environmental effects on workers and members of surrounding communities. A national climate policy agenda must reduce pollution by advancing a zero-emissions goods movement transportation system to protect the health of workers as well as fenceline and frontline communities and ensure that they benefit from new clean transportation technology development.

Climate change exacerbates existing vulnerabilities and creates new risks in our communities. As a result, climate change presents historic challenges to human health and our quality of life. Communities across the country need a national climate policy agenda that will mobilize the massive investments necessary to prepare for climate change impacts. Climate solutions provide opportunities for localized benefits that enhance the quality of life for all communities, including by improving local air quality, access to healthy food, local economic development, public health, and community vitality.

We need to build housing and infrastructure that can withstand more powerful storms, floods, heat waves, cold snaps, and wildfires; reduce carbon and air pollution in areas with high cumulative pollution; build a more sustainable food and agricultural system; and expand access to family-sustaining jobs and other economic opportunities. As climate change deteriorates air quality, increases vector-borne disease and allergens, and contributes to a host of other public health threats, we must ensure full access to health care for all. The national climate policy agenda must prioritize investments in communities that are the most vulnerable to climate change, including in health monitoring and research to provide rigorous and reliable research on our progress.

A national climate policy agenda must acknowledge the continuing increase in wealth and income inequality that plagues our communities. This growing wealth gap makes inclusive local economic development a priority for communities and governments. Economic diversification is critical to effectively address climate change and reduce economic and social vulnerability. We must create and support strategies that shift away from high pollution products and production processes toward those that are low-emission and sustainable. This also includes investments in innovative and worker-supported economic organizations such as cooperatives and other community wealth-building strategies.

A national climate policy agenda must ensure that sustainable investments for both mitigation and adaptation do not impose costs—both social and otherwise—on overburdened and vulnerable communities. Therefore, it is essential that we as a nation invest resources to eliminate barriers to and provide affordable and safe housing for all community members. It is imperative that new investments in resilient infrastructure in communities that have been historically disinvested be a national priority.

Climate-related events are already having severe and often devastating effects on communities, including requiring people to evacuate and relocate out of harm’s way. These types of events are expected to become even more intense and damaging in the future. Leaders at all levels of government must recognize their duty and responsibility to support displaced families to return to their communities or to relocate to places of their choosing. This includes prioritizing public and private investments to rebuild affordable and accessible housing and transportation for residents who have been displaced due to climate and other disaster events—including those with the least resources and ability to respond—and to ensure that displaced people can participate in the planning and management of their return or relocation.

To effectively address the steady rise in climate-related and other disasters, the national climate policy agenda must support equitable and responsive relocation planning and investment in the wake of such events as well as proactively help to protect communities from climate change effects and displacement. In places exposed to extreme climate risks, planned relocation must provide for the improvement of community members’ living standards. Social cohesion is a foundation for community well-being, and, therefore, relocation must strive to maintain and support family unity as well as community and kinship ties. The economic and social disruption to communities that require relocation have significant health, economic, and emotional impacts. It is imperative that relocated community members have access to a full range of health and economic services and the right to choose their residence.

Climate change affects the water cycle, which in turn affects the nation’s water quality and supply. The nation’s drinking water infrastructure is already in dire need of massive investment. The national climate policy agenda requires solutions that take into account the effects of climate change on this stressed water infrastructure. As we develop climate solutions, we must focus on avoiding those which impair or burden aquifers, lakes, rivers, and oceans.

A comprehensive infrastructure plan that will focus on water and other basic necessities—specifically for communities that have already experienced significant health and economic impacts—is of the highest priority. Investments must prioritize communities that are already affected by inadequate, harmful, and health-impairing water infrastructure. Bold new leadership is needed to ensure that all community members have access to safe, clean, and affordable drinking water as well as to maintain and protect water as a common resource. Access to clean water is a basic human right that we must protect for all children and families. As we develop climate solutions, we must avoid those that harm or burden oceans, lakes, rivers, and waterways.

A national climate policy agenda must be predicated on the principle that land is fundamental to the exercise of community self-determination. Land is integrally tied to community and cultural identity, and its use is directly related to community members’ ability to meet their social, economic, and cultural needs. Urban and rural development and redevelopment must not lead to greater socioeconomic gaps or escalating costs that displace community members. These projects must result in lower pollution emissions for the surrounding community. It is imperative that programs and initiatives to protect and redevelop the environment promote community wealth building and economic diversity that directly benefit local community residents.

A national climate policy agenda must include funding for climate research on equity and climate issues. This research must effectively address equity and justice in climate planning and policy and be at a scale and level of rigor that has been historically invested in previous carbon-mitigation policies and programs. Public and private supporters of these past efforts have a moral obligation to also invest in the needs of communities that have been made vulnerable by past environmental, energy, and economic policies. If we do not sufficiently fund and perform EJ and equity research as it relates to climate change, then climate change policy and research has a significant potential to perpetuate and even exacerbate inequalities rooted in race and income.

We must aim to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels by 2050. The national climate policy agenda must ensure that the United States acts effectively, responsibly, equitably, and justly to achieve this goal. This requires advancing global climate justice, including by committing to even more ambitious emission reduction goals in the future to contribute our fair share in the global effort to stabilize the climate system, and committing financial resources for least-developed nations to cope with the impacts of climate change. We must do this by radically scaling up both U.S. domestic actions and international cooperation in ways that end poverty and inequality; build sustainable communities and cities; improve public health and well-being; and reach universal achievement of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

1 - Consistent with language on nonmarket approaches in Article 6, paragraph 8, of the Paris Agreement. See U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, “Paris Agreement” (2015), available at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf.

2 - Consistent with U.N. Commission on Human Rights Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Section V. See Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, “OCHA Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement” (1998), available at http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement.

3 - For the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, see The Global Goals For Sustainable Development, “The 17 Goals,” available at https://www.globalgoals.org (last accessed June 2019).

platform signatories

The following 346 organizations have signed on to the platform because they are committed to advancing a bold and equitable national climate agenda and believe that all people and all communities have the right to breathe clean air, live free of dangerous levels of toxic pollution, access healthy food, and share the benefits of a prosperous and vibrant clean economy.

platform co-authors and
inaugural signatories

Center for American Progress

Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
Minnesota

Center for Urban Environment, John S. Watson Institute for
Public Policy, Thomas Edison State University
New Jersey

Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Louisiana

Earthjustice

Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform
National

Harambee House - Citizens for Environmental Justice
Georgia

League of Conservation Voters

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Illinois

Los Jardines Institute
New Mexico

Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
Michigan

Midwest Environmental Justice Network
Midwest

Natural Resources Defense Council

New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance
New Jersey

ReGenesis Project
South Carolina

Sierra Club

Tishman Environmental and Design Center at the New School
New York

Union of Concerned Scientists

WE ACT for Environmental Justice
New York


platform co-signers

350 New Orleans
Louisiana

350.org

ACES 4 Youth
Illinois

Achieving Community Tasks Successfully
Texas

Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet
California

Africatown - C.H.E.S.S.
Southeast

Alafia Foundation of Hope International
Michigan

Alaska Wilderness League

Alliance for Affordable Energy
Louisiana

Alliance for Sustainability
Minnesota

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Altamaha Riverkeeper
Georgia

American Rivers

American Sustainable Business Council

Anthropocene Alliance
Florida

Arizona Interfaith Power & Light
Arizona

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper
Louisiana

Aytzim: Ecological Judaism

Banks of Wabash, Inc.
Indiana

Bayou City Waterkeeper
Texas

Better Food Foundation

BikeWalk North Carolina
North Carolina

BlakPac

Boulder Waterkeeper
Colorado

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

Breathe Project, Ohio Valley

Building Bridges Initiative
New York

Building Equity and Alignment for Impact

Cahaba Riverkeeper
Alabama

Catalyst Miami
Florida

CatholicNetwork.US

Center for a Sustainable Coast
Georgia

Center for Climate Change and Health
California

Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
California

Center for Convention on Democratic Integrity

Center for Diverse Leadership in Science
California

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service at Ball State University

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Center for Progressive Reform

Center for Resilient Cities
Wisconsin

Center for Sustainable Communities
Georgia

Center for Urban and Racial Equity

Centre For Environment Justice

Ceres Trust

Ceres

Charleston Research to Action Board
South Carolina

Chicago Area Peace Action
Illinois

Chicago United for Equity
Illinois

Children's Environmental Health Network

Chispa

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper
Alabama

City of Minneapolis - Mayor's Office
Minnesota

civ.works

Clean Air Muscatine
Iowa

Clean and Healthy New York
New York

Clean Water Action

CleanAirNowKC

Climate Change Coalition of Door County
Wisconsin

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
Minnesota

Climate Resilience Consulting

Climate XChange

ClimateMama
New Jersey

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

Coalition to Protect New York
New York

Coastal Carolina Riverwatch
North Carolina

Code for Fort Lauderdale, a Code for America Brigade
Florida

Colorado Farm and Food Alliance
Colorado

Coming Clean

Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH), University of Maryland, College Park,
Mid-Atlantic

Conservation Law Foundation
New England

Cooperative Energy Futures
Minnesota

Corporate Climate Alliance
Illinois

Cray Consulting Group Inc.

Dane County Office of Energy and Climate
Wisconsin

Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

Defenders of Wildlife

Dēmos

Dignity Rights International

Drop Squad Kitchen,
Delaware

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
Washington

E4TheFuture

Earth Care
New Mexico

Earth Day Network

EarthEcho International

EcoAdapt

Ecology Africa Foundation

Ecology Center
Michigan

EcoWorks
Michigan

Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization (EEECHO)
Gulf South

Elders Climate Action

EmissionsTax
New Hampshire

Empowered Together,
Illinois

Enviro International Business Ltd
Mauritius

Environmental Data and Governance Initiative

Environmental Integrity Project

Environmental Justice Community Action Network
North Carolina

Environmental Law Institute

Evergreen Action

Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition
Alaska

Faith in Place Action Fund/IL Interfaith Power and Light
Illinois

Florida Legal Services
Florida

Foresight Design Initiative
Illinois

Fossil Free Tompkins
New York

Foundation for a Green Future
Massachusetts

Frack Free Ohio
Ohio

Friends Committee on National Legislation

Friends of the Earth U.S.

Gasp
Alabama

Generation Progress

Generation Progress

Georgia Conservation Voters
Georgia

Georgia WAND
Georgia

Get Planet Cents

Global Center for Climate Justice

Green Amendments For The Generations

Green Building United, Delaware Valley

Green Deshis

Green Door Initiative
Michigan

Greenbank Associates
California

GreenLatinos

Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
Gulf South

Gunpowder Riverkeeper
Maryland

Health Care Without Harm

Healthy Building Network

Healthy Gulf
Gulf of Mexico

Healthy Oceans Coalition

Hispanic Access Foundation

Hudson Riverkeeper
New York

Hyphae Design Lab

ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA

IDEAS For Us
Florida

In The Ferns Stained Glass
Vermont

Indian Riverkeeper
Florida

Indigeneity Rising
Minnesota

Inner City Green Team
New York

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Minnesota

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Washington

Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA)

Interfaith Power & Light

Interfaith Public Health Network

International Student Environmental Coalition

J.B. Holton and Associates LLC
Louisiana

Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

John Muir Project

John Todd Ecological Design

Joshua's House Inc.
New Jersey

Just Food and Water
Minnesota

JustGreen Partnership
New York

Justice Outside

Kentucky Conservation Committee
Kentucky

Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light Inc.
Kentucky

Kinetic Communities Consulting
New York

La Union Hace La Fuerza
California

Laudato Si' Generation

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Crisoles #12151
Massachusetts

Legal Vessel Consult

Life Bohemian Sustainable Environment Ecosystems

Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Louisiana

Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities
South Carolina

Mass Audubon
Massachusetts

Medical Students for a Sustainable Future

Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement
New York

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Michigan

Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Wisconsin

Milwaukee Water Commons
Wisconsin

Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper
Missouri

MN350
Minnesota

Model Forest Policy Program

Moms Clean Air Force

Mount Zion Church Ministries

National Parks Conservation Association

National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation

New Energy Economy
New Mexico

New Hampshire Citizens for Progress
New Hampshire

New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light
New Mexico

North American Climate, Conservation and Environment

North American Water Office
Minnesota

North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
North Carolina

Northcentral Pennsylvania Alternatives to Violence Project
Pennsylvania

Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative
Massachusetts

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Ocean Conservancy

Ohio Citizen Action,
Ohio

Ohio Consumers Power Alliance,
Ohio

Open Savannah, a Code for America Brigade
Georgia

Orenda Wildlife Land Trust
Massachusetts

Our Climate Education Fund

Our Streets Minneapolis
Minnesota

Outdoor Promise

Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative
California

Passionist Solidarity Network

People’s Climate Network

Pesticide Action Network

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Tennessee Chapter
Tennessee

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Physicians for Social Responsibilityn- Los Angeles Chapter
Los Angeles

Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
Pennsylvania

Plaine Products

Plastic Pollution Coalition

PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources)

Population Connection

Portland's UnShul
Oregon

Power Shift Network

Pratt Institute
New York

Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition
New Jersey

Project CoffeeHouse
Pennsylvania

Public Policy Project
Minnesota

RE-AMP Network, Midwest

Resource Renewal Institute

Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
California

Riverdale Jewish Earth Alliance
New York

Roanhorse Consulting
New Mexico

Root + Branch
Washington, D.C.

Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT)
Kentucky

Sacred Vibrations Sound Healing
Vermont

SEEDS Ecology and Education Centers,
Michigan

Seneca Lake Guardian
New York

Socially Responsible Agricultural Project

Solar United Neighbors

South Carolina Clean Energy Community
South Carolina

South Carolina Climate Change
South Carolina

Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
Maine

Split This Rock
Washington, D.C.

Sunnyside Community Redevelopment Organization
Texas

Sunrise Movement

Sustaining Way
South Carolina

Tewa Women United
New Mexico

The Black Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Inc.

The CLEO Institute
Florida

The Climate Reality Project Chicago Chapter
Illinois

The Climate Reality Project

The Climate Registry

The E.P. Systems Group, Inc.
Pennsylvania

The Future of Our Youth

The Imani Group Inc.

The Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
Louisiana

The Rachel Carson Council

The Trust For Public Land

The Wilderness Society

Tiyospaye Winyan Maka
Colorado

Tucson Climate Action Network (TuCAN)
Arizona

Turkey Creek Community Initiatives
Gulf Coast

Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community

United Church of Christ, Environmental Justice Ministry

United Women in Faith

Unity in the Family Ministry
Florida

US Climate Action Network

Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
Vermont

Versatile Studios
New York

Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
Virginia

Waterfront Alliance
New York

Waterkeeper Alliance

We Want Green, Too
Michigan

Wells Hill Farm
Connecticut

White River Waterkeeper
Arkansas

Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
South Carolina

Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Wisconsin

Women's Voices for the Earth

Youth Rise International

environmental justice
inaugural signatories

2BRIDGE CDX / BTB Coalition
Washington D.C.

Agricultura Cooperative Network
New Mexico

Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Alaska

Black Environmental Collective-Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania

Black Millennials 4 Flint
Washington D.C.

Black Youth Leadership Development Institute
National

Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
California

Citizens for Melia
Louisiana

Clean Power Lake County
Illinois

Coalition of Community Organizations
Texas

Community Housing and Empowerment Connections
Delaware

Community Members for Environmental Justice
Minnesota

Concerned Citizens Coalition of Long Branch
New Jersey

Concerned Citizens of Wagon Mound and Mora County
New Mexico

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Connecticut

Dakota Wicohan
Minnesota

Delaware Concerned Residents for Environmental Justice
Delaware

Dr. Cesar G. Abarca
California

Dr. Fatemah Shafiei
Georgia

Dr. Marisol Ruiz
California

Dr. Robert Bullard
Texas

East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Michigan

Eduardo Aguiar
Puerto Rico

El Chante: Casa de Cultura
New Mexico

Farmworker Association of Florida
Florida

Flint Rising
Michigan

Georgia Statewide Network for Environmental Justice and Equity
Georgia

Greater Newark Conservancy
New Jersey

Green Door Initiative
Michigan

Greenfaith
New Jersey

Ironbound Community Corporation
New Jersey

Jesus People Against Pollution
Mississippi

Las Pistoleras Instituto Cultural de Arte
New Mexico

Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
Delaware

Louisiana Democracy Project
Louisiana

Minority Workforce Development Coalition
Delaware

Mossville Community in Action
Louisiana

Native Justice Coalition
Michigan

Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas, Inc
California

Partnership for Southern Equity
Regional

People Concerned About Chemical Safety
West Virginia

People for Community Recovery
Illinois

PODER
Texas

Reverend Cannon Lloyd S. Casson
Delaware

Rubbertown Emergency ACTion
Kentucky

Tallahassee Food Network
Florida

Texas Coalition of Black Democrats
Texas

Texas Drought Project
Texas

Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services
Texas

The Wise Choice, Inc
Illinois

Tradish "Traditional Real Foods"
New Mexico

Tusconians for a Clean Environment
Arizona

UrbanKind Institute
Pennsylvania

We the People of Detroit
Michigan

West County Toxics Coalition
California

Wisconsin Green Muslims
Wisconsin


platform co-signers

350 New Orleans
Louisiana

350.org

ACES 4 Youth
Illinois

Achieving Community Tasks Successfully
Texas

Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet
California

Africatown - C.H.E.S.S.
Southeast

Alaska Wilderness League

Alliance for Affordable Energy
Louisiana

Alliance for Sustainability
Minnesota

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Altamaha Riverkeeper
Georgia

American Rivers

American Sustainable Business Council

Anthropocene Alliance
Florida

Arizona Interfaith Power & Light
Arizona

Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

Atchafalaya Basinkeeper
Louisiana

Banks of Wabash, Inc.
Indiana

Bayou City Waterkeeper
Texas

Better Food Foundation

BikeWalk North Carolina
North Carolina

BlakPac

Boulder Waterkeeper
Colorado

Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

Breathe Project, Ohio Valley

Building Bridges Initiative
New York

Building Equity and Alignment for Impact

Cahaba Riverkeeper
Alabama

Catalyst Miami
Florida

CatholicNetwork.US

Center for Climate Change and Health
California

Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
California

Center for Convention on Democratic Integrity

Center for Diverse Leadership in Science
California

Center for Energy Research/Education/Service at Ball State University

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Center for Progressive Reform

Center for Resilient Cities
Wisconsin

Center for Sustainable Communities
Georgia

Ceres Trust

Ceres

Charleston Research to Action Board
South Carolina

Chicago Area Peace Action
Illinois

Chicago United for Equity
Illinois

Children's Environmental Health Network

Chispa

Choctawhatchee Riverkeeper
Alabama

City of Minneapolis - Mayor's Office
Minnesota

civ.works

Clean Air Muscatine
Iowa

Clean and Healthy New York
New York

Clean Water Action

CleanAirNowKC

Climate Change Coalition of Door County
Wisconsin

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy
Minnesota

Climate Resilience Consulting

Climate XChange

ClimateMama
New Jersey

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life

Coalition to Protect New York
New York

Coastal Carolina Riverwatch
North Carolina

Code for Fort Lauderdale, a Code for America Brigade
Florida

Colorado Farm and Food Alliance
Colorado

Coming Clean

Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH), University of Maryland, College Park,
Mid-Atlantic

Conservation Law Foundation
New England

Cooperative Energy Futures
Minnesota

Corporate Climate Alliance
Illinois

Cray Consulting Group Inc.

Dane County Office of Energy and Climate
Wisconsin

Defenders of Wildlife

Dēmos

Dignity Rights International

Drop Squad Kitchen,
Delaware

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
Washington

E4TheFuture

Earth Care
New Mexico

Earth Day Network

EcoAdapt

Ecology Africa Foundation

Ecology Center
Michigan

EcoWorks
Michigan

Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization (EEECHO)
Gulf South

Elders Climate Action

EmissionsTax
New Hampshire

Empowered Together,
Illinois

Enviro International Business Ltd
Mauritius

Environmental Integrity Project

Environmental Justice Community Action Network
North Carolina

Environmental Law Institute

Evergreen Action

Faith in Place Action Fund/IL Interfaith Power and Light
Illinois

Florida Legal Services
Florida

Foresight Design Initiative
Illinois

Fossil Free Tompkins
New York

Foundation for a Green Future
Massachusetts

Frack Free Ohio
Ohio

Friends of the Earth U.S.

Gasp
Alabama

Generation Progress

Generation Progress

Georgia Conservation Voters
Georgia

Georgia WAND
Georgia

Get Planet Cents

Green Amendments For The Generations

Green Building United, Delaware Valley

Green Deshis

Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
Gulf South

Gunpowder Riverkeeper
Maryland

Health Care Without Harm

Healthy Building Network

Healthy Gulf
Gulf of Mexico

Healthy Oceans Coalition

Hispanic Access Foundation

Hudson Riverkeeper
New York

ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA

IDEAS For Us
Florida

In The Ferns Stained Glass
Vermont

Indian Riverkeeper
Florida

Indigeneity Rising
Minnesota

Inner City Green Team
New York

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Minnesota

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Washington

Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA)

Interfaith Power & Light

Interfaith Public Health Network

International Student Environmental Coalition

J.B. Holton and Associates LLC
Louisiana

Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts
Massachusetts

John Muir Project

John Todd Ecological Design

Joshua's House Inc.
New Jersey

Just Food and Water
Minnesota

JustGreen Partnership
New York

Justice Outside

Kentucky Conservation Committee
Kentucky

Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light Inc.
Kentucky

Kinetic Communities Consulting
New York

La Union Hace La Fuerza
California

Laudato Si' Generation

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Crisoles #12151
Massachusetts

Legal Vessel Consult

Life Bohemian Sustainable Environment Ecosystems

Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities
South Carolina

Mass Audubon
Massachusetts

Medical Students for a Sustainable Future

Metro New York Catholic Climate Movement
New York

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Michigan

Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Wisconsin

Milwaukee Water Commons
Wisconsin

Missouri Confluence Waterkeeper
Missouri

MN350
Minnesota

Model Forest Policy Program

Moms Clean Air Force

Mount Zion Church Ministries

National Parks Conservation Association

National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation

New Energy Economy
New Mexico

New Hampshire Citizens for Progress
New Hampshire

New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light
New Mexico

North American Climate, Conservation and Environment

North American Water Office
Minnesota

North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
North Carolina

Northcentral Pennsylvania Alternatives to Violence Project
Pennsylvania

Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative
Massachusetts

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Ocean Conservancy

Ohio Citizen Action,
Ohio

Ohio Consumers Power Alliance,
Ohio

Open Savannah, a Code for America Brigade
Georgia

Orenda Wildlife Land Trust
Massachusetts

Our Climate Education Fund

Our Streets Minneapolis
Minnesota

Outdoor Promise

Passionist Solidarity Network

People’s Climate Network

Pesticide Action Network

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Tennessee Chapter
Tennessee

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance
Pennsylvania

Plaine Products

Plastic Pollution Coalition

PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources)

Population Connection

Portland's UnShul
Oregon

Power Shift Network

Pratt Institute
New York

Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition
New Jersey

Project CoffeeHouse
Pennsylvania

Public Policy Project
Minnesota

RE-AMP Network, Midwest

Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
California

Riverdale Jewish Earth Alliance
New York

Roanhorse Consulting
New Mexico

Root + Branch
Washington, D.C.

Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

Rubbertown Emergency Action (REACT)
Kentucky

Sacred Vibrations Sound Healing
Vermont

SEEDS Ecology and Education Centers,
Michigan

Seneca Lake Guardian
New York

Socially Responsible Agricultural Project

Solar United Neighbors

South Carolina Clean Energy Community
South Carolina

South Carolina Climate Change
South Carolina

Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative
Maine

Split This Rock
Washington, D.C.

Sunrise Movement

Sustaining Way
South Carolina

Tewa Women United
New Mexico

The Black Heritage Museum and Cultural Center Inc.

The CLEO Institute
Florida

The Climate Reality Project Chicago Chapter
Illinois

The Climate Reality Project

The Climate Registry

The E.P. Systems Group, Inc.
Pennsylvania

The Future of Our Youth

The Imani Group Inc.

The Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
Louisiana

The Rachel Carson Council

The Trust For Public Land

The Wilderness Society

Tiyospaye Winyan Maka
Colorado

Tucson Climate Action Network (TuCAN)
Arizona

Turkey Creek Community Initiatives
Gulf Coast

Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community

United Church of Christ, Environmental Justice Ministry

Unity in the Family Ministry
Florida

US Climate Action Network

Vermont Interfaith Power & Light
Vermont

Versatile Studios
New York

Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
Virginia

Waterfront Alliance
New York

Waterkeeper Alliance

We Want Green, Too
Michigan

Wells Hill Farm
Connecticut

White River Waterkeeper
Arkansas

Winyah Rivers Foundation, Inc.
South Carolina

Wisconsin Conservation Voters
Wisconsin

Women's Voices for the Earth

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