Environmental Justice
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NOTE: While the page provides links to a broad range of non-profit, non-government, government organizations, the page is somewhat out of date (last updated 25 January 2002). In the intervening time, some government sites and agencies (most notably the EPA's Environmental Justice National Environmental Justice Advisory Council--a federal advisory committee established in 1993 to "provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations" to the EPA on matters of Environmental Justice-- has since been collapsed into the EPA's Office of Envorcement and Compliance Assurance.
CCAEJ's projects include the Rural Communities Initiative (Desert Protection Project, Pesticide Organizing Project, and Community Awareness and Monitoring Project), Safe Schools Project, Community Awareness and Monitoring Project, Communities at Risk Network, Money and Politics, and Chemicals and Community Health. While much of the material and the organizations projects focus on California, the site does offer a range of information on a broad range of community centered issues (park development, sustainable communities, and risk assessment).
Includes a working definition and the history of the environmental justice movement. The site also provides a collection of terms; access to court cases, reports, and articles; and a list of applicable site links. While the site provides a reasonably good introduction, the site has not been updated since 1997, so the materials, especially court cases and links, will be out of date.
The site offers a broad range of materials, including studies, government reports, and other resources.
Site housed under the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, including access to the landview mapping tool, brownfield information, and a broad range of federal reports, news, legislation, and publications. Most of the materials are available both as PDF and HTML files.
A searchable bibliography from the University of Michigan.
An Information service provided by Environmental Defense and the US Department of Transportation. The site provides a zip-code specific assessment of air and water pollutants and a list of the primary pollutants and polluters.
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