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Office of Minority Health Resource Center
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A U.S. national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Collects and distributes information on topics including substance abuse, cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and infant mortality in minority populations.
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Environmental Justice Resource Center, Clark Atlanta University
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Research, policy, and information clearinghouse on issues related to environmental justice, race and the environment, civil rights, facility siting, land use planning, brownfields, transportation equity, suburban sprawl, and Smart Growth.
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Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism Links
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Annotated collection of internet links, from Meg-A-World.
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Sierra Club Human Rights and the Environment Campaign
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Current news about environmental justice issues world-wide, and opportunities for activism.
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Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
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U.S. government minority health initiative. Health areas of interest include infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and child and adult immunizations.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Site
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General information, case studies, and training resources on applicable requirements and on addressing environmental justice in the planning process for highways and other transportation systems.
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Environmental Justice
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Greenaction is a new organization created by community groups in the southwest United States and former Greenpeace staff who have joined together in the struggle for health and environmental justice.
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Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
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Advocacy organization site includes training manual, issues information, press releases and information on empowering those affected by environmental abuses to investigate, expose and combat those problems.
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Ma'at Youth Academy
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MYA helps high school students and adults in San Francisco Bay area communities of color and low-income areas, make their communities healthier and safer for all species.
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Interfaith Coalition for the Environment
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Information about a charitable organization of men and women from various religious and spiritual traditions who believe that care for Creation and environmental justice are important matters common to all people.
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National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (U.S.)
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A federal advisory committee established to provide independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the Administrator of the U.S. EPA on matters related to environmental justice.
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EcoTort
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Activists asserting the lawful right to environment friendly employment for everyone. Presents an argument based on UK law.
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
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Working to protect and shape the environment of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the San Francisco Bay area through democratic participation.
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Working Group on Environmental Justice
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A group of scholars and activists committed to doing further research and promoting effective action to advance the cause of environmental justice.
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Concerned Citizens of Tillery
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CCT was built upon the work of previous organizations that had toiled for Civil Rights, Social, and Environmental Justice for African-Americans in Tillery and Halifax County, North Carolina.
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Environmental Justice Database
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Michigan State University database.
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IUCN Law Programme
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To assist in laying the strongest possible legal foundation for the conservation of the natural environment, thereby underpinning and supporting efforts at both national and international levels.
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Communities For A Better Environment
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California based environmental health and justice organization which promotes clean air and water and advocates for toxic free communities. Provides information, resources and campaign information.
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Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice
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An environmental-health resource center that provides training, technical and organizing support, and advocacy work for California communities. Projects , publications and information.
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Environmental Justice and the NIMBY Principle
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Report which strives to dispell the truths behind the "not in my backyard" environmental ploys, and offers reasons why poorer communities often bear the blunt of hazardous waste disposal.
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Environmental Research Foundation (ERF)
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New Brunswick, NJ-based organization seeking to provide understandable scientific information about human health and the environment to the public. Research library, event calendar, and links to related organizations provided. Also available in Spanish.
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U.S. EPA Environmental Justice
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Working to ensure that federal agencies conduct their programs that have environmental impacts in a manner that ensures that they do not have the effect of excluding persons or populations to discrimination because of their race, national origin or income.
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Catholic Conservation Center
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Features a collection of writings and documentation about ecology and environmental justice in light of scripture and Catholic tradition.
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Environmental Justice Coalition
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Coalition dedicated to passing an Environmental Justice Act.
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African American Environmentalist Association
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Dedicated to increasing African American participation in the environmental movement, protecting the environment, enhancing human, animal and plant ecologies and promoting the efficient use of natural resources.
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Creation Stewardship
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Provides resources for churches and other faith-based organizations to take action on a number of important environmental issues.
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Exec. Order, Environmental Justice
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US federal actions (Feb. 1994) to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations.
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Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
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Non-profit, statewide, multiracial, urban environmental health and justice organization that works with urban communities and grassroots organizations--using science based research, legal tactics, and organizing strategies to prevent air and water pollution, eliminate toxic hazards, and improve public health.
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