NCEJN Blog
Here you can explore articles and stories that we are telling from the front-lines of climate change.
NC NAACP and Environmental Justice Network Appeal OAH Denial of Intervention in Swine General Permit Challenge
The NC Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) recently denied a motion by the NC NAACP and NC Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) to intervene in the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation’s contested case regarding the 2019 Swine General Permit. October 2nd, the day after...
Sponsor the 2020 EJ Summit!
We need your support. Over the past few years, the NC Environmental Justice Summits have been the largest gatherings in the Summit’s 20+ year history. Our attendees include community organizers, lawyers, scholars, students, youth, and government officials. We could...
Steve Wing International Environmental Justice Award
WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2020. Please send any supporting materials via email to: NCEJN EJ Summit CoordinatorsEmail: ncejsummit@gmail.com History and Overview In 2007 Gary R. Grant proposed the SWIEJ Award to annually recognize an academic who has...
NCEJN Community Resilience Award
WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2020. Please send any supporting materials via email to: NCEJN EJ Summit Coordinators Email: ncejsummit@gmail.com Overview The Community Resilience Award is designed to give the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network...
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://ncejn.org/ The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) will is holding its 21stAnnual Environmental Justice...
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...
