During the IAWP congress, José and Ananda participated in tours of various recycling facilities run by waste worker cooperatives...
Category: Environmental Justice
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It Takes Roots Reports Live from Bonn UN Climate Talks
Our expert EJ panelists reported on global progress and setbacks on preventing the climate crisis and how UN measures relate to EJ communities at home.
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American Climate Corps: We Want More!
We are excited about the potential, but see this initial phase as the tiniest of baby-steps, and we hope to see it ramped up significantly and rapidly. Some of our suggestions...
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Earth Day to May Day: Inspiring Legacies
Let’s make “Earth Day to May Day” a continuous ten-day festival of resistance! A quick lesson on the radical history of these two very important holidays.
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Successful Trainings with JTA Partners
We celebrate our new trainers and newly updated and expanded program "Tools for Systemic Change Toward a People's Economy."
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From Burning to Building Our Future
After over three decades of struggle, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and Valley Improvement Projects have forced the closure of California’s two remaining waste incinerators.
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Exciting Developments in Building a Just Transition for Adelanto
JTA joined a toxic tour of the Adelanto immigrant detention facility organized by the Shut Down Adelanto coalition where we learned about the use of a toxic pesticide inside the facility and the myriad chronic health conditions afflicting those exposed.
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Serving Frontline Communities with Humility and Grace
Our comrade Jacqui Patterson, of the Chisholm Legacy Project, was recently recognized by Time Magazine for her role as an outstanding Environmental Justice and Climate Justice champion.
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Meet Chris Furino, Central Florida Jobs with Justice’s Newest Co-Executive Director!
Central Florida Jobs With Justice coalesces the power of labor unions, community based organizations, faith based and student groups to organize for worker rights.
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Petrochemical Industry Impunity Must Be Stopped
The rapidly growing plastics and petrochemical industries in the region between Houston and New Orleans worsen the “sacrifice zone” that already contains the highest concentration of petrochem plants in the country.