NCEJN Blog
Here you can explore articles and stories that we are telling from the front-lines of climate change.
EJ Youth Vanguard Award
WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2020. Overview We believe in our young people and their desire to make our communities cleaner, safer, and productive. Environmental justice (EJ) means that people of all races, cultures, and incomes should be able to live in...
CALL FOR RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
NC ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUMMIT OCTOBER 18-19, 2019 Reclaiming Our Power Sponsored by the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network - http://www.ncejn.org/ The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) will is holding its 21stAnnual Environmental...
Say NO to Enviva’s expansion!
Every single year, the wood pellet industry destroys tens of thousands of acres of Southern forests, turns them into wood pellets, and ships them overseas to be burned for electricity in faraway power stations. The world’s largest wood pellet producer, Enviva, is...
June Quarterly Meeting
Join us for NCEJN’s second Quarterly Meeting of 2019! BE SURE TO RSVP.
We’ll be discussing Environmental Justice issue updates in North Carolina and learning from impacted communities. Attend to learn more and find out how you can get involved!
Continental breakfast & lunch will be served.
Constitutional Challenge to 711 & 467
NC Environmental Justice Network, Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH), Waterkeepers Alliance, and Winyah Rivers Alliance have filed a constitutional challenge to state laws limiting nuisance suits against industrial hog operations, contending...
DEQ accepting comments on Community Mapping System with Environmental Justice Tool
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment through July 10 on the continued development of the Community Mapping System with Environmental Justice tool. See talking points on the tool. Unveiled last month, the beta release of...
NCEJN’s Statement on Senate Budget Provision on Animal Waste Permits
NC Environmental Justice Network Responds to Senate Budget Provision on Animal Waste Permits · The Senate budget provision extending the existing Swine General Permit is a blatant attempt by industry to block even limited measures to protect people and the...
Chambers Center files Amicus Brief to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the NCEJN & REACH
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) and Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help (REACH) filed an amicus brief that provided important racial justice context and legal argument in the pork industry’s appeal of the jury verdict in the first...
Webinar: Bio(gas) Hazards: Dirty Air, Factory Farms and Climate
Join us for an important webinar about why manure-to-energy is a false solution. We’ll look at the flawed economic reasoning behind it, learn about the harms to communities on the front lines of this buildout, and talk about real energy solutions to address the climate crisis. Be sure to RSVP!
