environmental justice

People - Action - Justice: Good Jobs, Clean Air Coalition in New Jersey - The Fight Continues

December 1, 2022 | By Terrance Bankston

The Good Jobs Clean Air (GJCA) NJ coalition of community, labor, and environmental advocates has organized over the past year to fight against a secret deal between Amazon and the Port Authority. This secret deal would have allowed Amazon to open an Air Hub at Newark Airport without considering impacts on the surrounding communities.

Good Jobs Clean Air New Jersey members from envionmental, community, and labor organizations with banners

Person in filtering industrial face mask standing next to welcome sign for Bakersfield CA (Life as it should be)

Keep California Safe: Oil Companies Are Risking Our Health With This Referendum

December 1, 2022 | By Grace Lee

SB 1137, meant to take effect January 2023, requires oil and gas companies to keep their drilling at least 3200 ft from hospitals, schools and other vulnerable areas. Big Oil responded by filing a referendum just 3 days after it was signed into law. If they collect enough signatures, the measure will be stalled until 2024.

In Recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day

October 28, 2022 | By Cindy Luppi

Today, Clean Water Action encourages friends, Clean Water Action members, and partners in communities across the country to join us in recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day.

Latine Voices in Environmentalism

October 14, 2022 | By Sarah Naiman, PhD and Clean Water Board Member

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I wanted to take the time to highlight how environmental problems look different for U.S. Latines based on my interviews with 42 Latine adults living in different cities including Miami, New York City, and San Antonio.

Expanding Baltimore City's Sewage Backup Assistance Programs

October 6, 2022 | By Jennifer Kunze

Next week on Wednesday, the Baltimore City Council will be holding a public hearing on sewer backups into homes and the City's existing programs for helping households that have sewer backups. This week, we published a new report with Blue Water Baltimore making key recommendations for improving and

Screenshot of the title page of the report

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The climate friendly solution to hot summer days in Boston

August 26, 2022 | By Paulina Casasola

Massachusetts residents struggled with extreme heat earlier this month during a week-long heatwave that drove temperatures up to 98 degrees. In Dorchester, where Betsy Drinan lives, days can get up to 15 degrees hotter compared to nearby rural areas.

For 20 years, Betsy has lived on the third