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Environmental Justice Lives On in Local Communities Despite Federal Rollbacks

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April 22, 2026

Frontline Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives, but Remain Overlooked in Climate Policies

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July 8, 2025

The US Can’t Build a Competitive Industrial Future without Centering Communities

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What Is a ‘Just Transition,’ and Are Countries Really Making Progress?

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Just Transitions Monitoring Guide

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Detroit’s Community Benefits Ordinance: Lessons Learned About the Community Engagement Process and Its Outcomes

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Empowering Justice40: How Community-Based Organizations Are Driving Environmental Justice Forward

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US Federal Environmental Justice Strategic Plans Aim to Advance Equity in Agency Operations

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April 23, 2024

In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

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5 Essential Principles of the Just Transition Work Programme for Climate Action

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5 Significant Moments Driving Environmental Justice in the US

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December 11, 2023

Fossil Fuel-producing Communities Face a 'Cumulative Burden' of Pollution, Poor Health and Job Loss in the US

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US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-in. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help

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2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

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From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

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Why Aren't Countries Reporting Environmental Defender Killings?

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