Environmental Justice State by State
AUWCL Partners to Create a Comprehensive Online Tool for Advocates and Policymakers
American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) is collaborating with The Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS), Taproot Earth, Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, UC College of the Law San Francisco, University of Texas School of Law Austin Environmental Clinic and Lone Star Legal Aid, to launch a new website that provides access to state-level information, policies and tools to increase environmental justice efforts.
The new resource, Environmental Justice State by State, is a tool for community advocates, attorneys, academics, and policymakers at all levels to use in the adoption and advancement of environmental justice law and policy.
Juliette Jackson, a member of Klamath Tribes and ‘22 WCL graduate, helped build the resource.
“I am very grateful for having been a part of building a helpful resource for environmental justice communities,” she said. “This updated report is more inclusive than previous versions because it has information on law and policy work happening between states, U.S territories, and tribal communities in the lower 48, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous communities in the U.S territories.”
The project is inspired by builds on the prior national-scale effort: Environmental Justice for All: A Fifty State Survey of Legislation, Policies and Cases, most recently published by the UC College of the Law, San Francisco and the American Bar Association in 2010.
The information on the website was drawn from a review of state legislative and legal databases, agency websites, news articles and reports. Students reached out to public officials in every state and territory. They were able to get information through phone, video or email surveys with officials from 28 states and DC.
Visit the new resource here: ejstatebystate.org.
Story by Liz Newton.