Sentences with phrase «environmental justice efforts»

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No effort to help the poor has integrity apart from ecological concerns; conversely, it makes little sense to talk of ecology apart from justice when the plight of the poor has become a major contributing factor to the environmental crisis.

and also join the global campaign for a toxic - free world by reading the FAQ Sheet, Towards Healthy Environments for Children: Frequently asked questions about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment which emerged out of the combined efforts of breastfeeding and environmental health and justice groups in addressing breastfeeding in a contaminated environment.

Also at noon, a coalition of groups opposed to Trump's agenda, including Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club, 350 NYC, 350 Brooklyn, WE ACT for Environmental Justice urge Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to join their effort, 780 Third Ave., (Schumer's NYC office), Manhattan.

Such material is made available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc..

While Dorego and Small divorced in 2011, the maneuvers by Small's firm are likely to bolster claims by environmental justice groups that contend Glenwood was secretly bankrolling efforts to kill the waste removal program.

Panels focused on current efforts to tackle climate change, ranging from local environmental initiatives to the global Paris climate agreement, as well as how divestment from fossil fuels can be a tool for climate justice and curbing the impacts of climate change.

While other cities have since come on board, and Richmond's lofty ambitions have been toned down some over time, the plan is still one of the nation's most broad - reaching efforts to make environmental justice a part of city policy.

Environmental justice is a growing effort to address a dangerous divide: Minority and low - income communities tend to encounter far greater environmental risks and far less protection than more affluent, whiteEnvironmental justice is a growing effort to address a dangerous divide: Minority and low - income communities tend to encounter far greater environmental risks and far less protection than more affluent, whiteenvironmental risks and far less protection than more affluent, white communities.

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The Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (EJ IWG), which provides leadership and direction to Federal agencies on efforts to address EJ, requested that DOT and all other participating agencies release updated EJ strategies in 2016.

Today comes Part III of Ken Ward's response to «The Death of Environmentalism,» in which Ken argues that environmentalists should resist efforts to make environmental justice the core tenant of the movement and instead refocus on the most successful weapon...

So existing organizations like the Evangelical Environmental Network, or Creation Justice Ministries, make sensible targets for such an effort.

As Sierra Club environmental justice organizer Darryl Malek - Wiley put it, «this ends our latest effort to restore Louisiana's democracy and take down the Exxon flag flying from our Capitol building.»

Today comes Part III of Ken Ward's response to «The Death of Environmentalism,» in which Ken argues that environmentalists should resist efforts to make environmental justice the core tenant of the movement and instead refocus on the most successful weapon in their arsenal: protest.

The Working Group will advise the administration on the integration of environmental justice and just transition principles into all agency policies, and to shape environmental justice programs identified in State of the State and inform what work products would assist in this effort.

But the DOE paper itself, as well as subsequent debates about it, left out many important parts of the environmental movement and their contributions to keeping environmentalism alive: environmental - health advocates, the environmental - justice movement, the international «sustainability» movement, and the dozens of other grassroots efforts related to the environment.

The Rio +20 People's Summit for Social and Environmental Justice was the counter event to the official conference, both symbolically and physically: it was organized by global civil society to condemn the lack of action of the past 20 years and to coordinate efforts from different segments, and it took place about two hours away from Riocentro.

The Basel Action Network is making this article available in our efforts to advance understanding of ecological sustainability and environmental justice issues.

Are Walmart's significant efforts to make their product chain more environmentally friendly enough to enable them to be embraced, not just begrudgingly tolerated as the biggest retailer in the world (and therefore a force which has to be acknowledged), by the environmental community, let alone those people working for social justice and local businesses?

As for environmental justice, Democrats «will work to expand access to cost - saving renewable energy by low - income households, create good - paying jobs in communities that have struggled with energy poverty, and oppose efforts by utilities to limit consumer choice or slow clean energy deployment.»

10 See, e.g., Cliff Villa, Sampling the Garden Soil, Environmental Justice in Action: Blogging about Efforts to Achieve Environmental Justice in Overburdened Communities (Nov. 24, 2014), http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2014/11/ sampling - the - garden - soil / (author is Assistant Regional Counsel for EPA Region 10 as well as an adjunct law professor).

As a result of our efforts, the law firm's environmental team was chosen as a finalist for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award presented by the Public Justice Foundation.