Climate Justice
NEW: Water & Health in Little Village Study
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) have partnered together to explore the cumulative burden of COVID-19, lack of access to drinking water, and urban flooding, in the Little Village neighborhood, an environmental justice community. LVEJO and CNT are collaborating on a study to better understand the impacts of drinking […]
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Illinois Solar for All Program Launches to Bring Affordable Renewable Energy to Low-income Households and Environmental Justice Communities across the State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2019 Contacts: Little Village Environmental Justice Organization: Juliana Pino, (312) 344-3143, jpino@lvejo.org Environmental Law & Policy Center: Judith Nemes, (312) 795-3706, JNemes@elpc.org Blacks in Green: Naomi Davis, (773) 678-9541, NaomiDavis@blacksingreen.org Illinois People’s Action: Dawn Dannenbring, (309) 531-4433, ILPeoplesAction12@gmail.com Illinois Solar for All Program Launches to Bring Affordable Renewable Energy to Low-income Households and Environmental Justice Communities across […]
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Southeast Side Neighbors and Activists Respond to Chicago City Council Manganese Ordinance
CHICAGO (March 28, 2018) – A coalition of local, state and national groups reacted to Chicago’s City Council enacting a new ordinance to address neurotoxic manganese emissions on the city’s Southeast Side. In the runup to today’s vote, Southeast Side neighbors, health advocates, legal voices and environmental groups voiced frustrations with the ordinance’s limitations and […]
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