New tests from the Campaign for Healthier Solutions and Ecology Center showed that 99 Cents Only Stores continue to sell products that contain toxic chemicals including BPA, lead, phthalates, the “poison plastic” PVC, and PFAS.
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From Earth Day 2 May Day: Marcha Campesina in Solidarity with Workers Around the World!
On Sunday, May 1, Familias Unidas por La Justicia and Community to Community, along with many allies, revived a Skagit County tradition that has been happening since the 1980s.
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Plastics Through an Environmental Justice Lens
"When it comes to plastics, we have to look at environmental justice communities and how plastics impact our communities." – José Bravo
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Just Transition is the Opposite of Net Zero
Contrary to Makower’s comment that "for the uninitiated, it’s a compelling, albeit vague term," just transition is anything but vague. Complex, yes. Controversial, maybe. But certainly not vague.
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Just Transition Alliance: COP26 Media Report
JTA led a delegation of frontline workers and community organizers to participate inside and outside what we called the 26th Conference of the Profiteers (COP26).
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30th Anniversary of the People of Color Summit
This webinar highlighted and honored the work of the women leaders who ignited the Environmental Justice Movement and were among the attendees at the First People of Color Leadership Summit.
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Native America Calling – The plan to transition away from fossil fuels
“… A just transition goes from something that’s unsustainable, dirty, polluting, towards something that moves us into a clean and regenerative economy…”
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Congressional Convening on Environmental Justice
"If it doesn’t include the cleanup of our communities, and the legacy that the dirty energy has left behind… then we are not going to support it." – José Bravo