Environmental Justice

envirohealthaction
(Physicians for Social Responsibility)

"EnviroHealthAction is an education and action center that provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health." This Web site offers brief overviews of environmental health issues and links to more information. Topics include toxics, children's health, air pollution, climate change and energy, safe drinking water, land use, and vulnerable populations and environmental justice.

http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/

Environmental Justice
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Environmental justice is achieved when everyone, regardless of race, culture, or income, enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision-making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work. This EPA site offers links to many sites that discuss the activities of various government groups, agencies, and programs that focus on environmental justice.

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html

Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)

This is the Web site of an international organization works to protect the natural environment and the people and wildlife that depend upon it by linking environmental security, human rights and social need. EJF trains, equips and supports communities and organizations that are directly affected by environmental abuses.

http://ejfoundation.org/index.php

Natural Resources Defense Council

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit organization that uses law, science, and membership support to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. The council is especially supportive of pro-environment legislation to break down the pattern of unequal environmental burdens borne by the socially and economically disadvantaged. NRDC strives to help create a way of life for humankind that does not foul or deplete Earth’s resources.

http://www.nrdc.org/

Last Modified: Wednesday August 11, 2004 4:23 PM