by Acacia | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
February 20, 2019 The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their right to protect their land from extractive pipeline projects. We have witnessed the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en peacefully...
by Acacia | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Long time member of our Network and member of the Down East Coal Ash Coalition, Bobby Jones, is helping to shed light on the poisoning of his community that’s been happening for several years at the hands of Duke Energy. Our Network staff was able to connect...
by Acacia | Dec 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
NCEJN has entered new legal battles, on one of our longstanding issues, defending communities & challenging the harmful practices of the hog industry: General Swine Permit Challenge Prohibition of Nuisance Cases against Swine Operations We worked closely with...
by Acacia | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Acacia | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Acacia | Aug 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
