Richmond County Amazon and Duke Energy Draft Air Quality Permits Public Hearing Report Back and Comments
NCEJN was present at the press conference and public hearing in Richmond County on July 30th. Find below, comments from Dr. Rania Masri, Jasmine Washington (SELC), Michelle (Meech) Carter (NCLCV), and Rev. Mac Legerton. More…
Press Release: New Community Science Project to Track CAFO Footprint Across the State of North Carolina
MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Lamont Brown, NCEJN, (984) 800-6705, chris@ncejn.org Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network and CleanAIRE NC, in collaboration with the Cooper Participatory Sciences Lab at…
NCEJN Joins 25 NC Groups In A National Effort to Pass a Nationwide AI Data Center Moratorium
500+ Groups from 47 States Call for Nationwide AI Data Center Moratorium In a letter sent to Congress, more than 520 organizations from 48 states called for the enactment of a full…
Press Release: Under The Pretense of Protection, Senate Bill 730 Shifts Financial Risks to North Carolinians
PRESS RELEASE 3 June 2026 Pretense, Not Protection: Senate Bill 730 sidesteps needed AI data center development regulations and 2050 carbon reduction goals in favor of nuclear buildout and Duke…
NCEJN in the News: voices from the NCEJN data center convening
Our friend Will Atwater reports on the NCEJN Data Center Convening held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Greensboro in early March of this year.
Resources on Understanding Data Centers and Their Environmental Impacts
Below you will find a number of resources that have been compiled over time for our NCEJN newsletter – Subscribe to learn more about the state of environmental justice locally, nationally…
NCEJN Signs Petition to Limit Support for Manure Digesters
On Janauray 14, 2026, NCEJN and 33 national organizations submitted a petition to urge USDA to limit federal support for costly manure digesters that funnel money to industrial-scale livestock operations.…
NCEJN: Our Year In Review – 2025
Please view or download our end of year report here. This report was finalized on December 18 and does not reflect the metrics of the entire month of December. An…
Community Resources – ICE + CBP
Recursos comunitarios – ICE + La Patrulla Fronteriza (CBP)
NCEJN’s Book Recommendations 2025
On January 21st, 2025 we announced the addition of our BOOK CORNER in our Tuesday newsletter. Here is the list of books we have recommended since then: Do you have…
Press Release: NC Environmental Justice Network formally requests public records related to animal feeding operations’ role in highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks
Press Contact: Rania Masri, PhD; Co-Director, NCEJN rania@ncejn.orgSeptember 4, 2025 NC Environmental Justice Network formally requests public records related to animal feeding operations’ role in highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks …
A Comprehensive Organizer Guide on Data Centers
A new comprehensive Organizer Guide titled “The Costs of Data Centers To Our Communities- and How to Fight Back” has been published by Kairos and Media Justice. For more on…