Environmental Justice Links
The links on this page leave the NYS DEC Website
State Environmental Justice Programs
- California
- Connecticut
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Environmental Justice For All: A Fifty-State Survey Of Legislation, Policies, and Initiatives PDF (224.9 Kb) General information on state environmental justice programs, including those not listed above.
General State Environmental Agency Information
- Environmental Council of States Information on all 50 States' Environmental agencies
- State Environmental Resource Center (SERC) SERC includes a section on environmental justice
National and International Organizations Working in Environmental Justice
- Sierra Club
- U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration
- Ford Foundation
- Environmental Justice Foundation
- Natural Resource Defense Council
- African American Environmentalist Association
- Environmental Justice Coalition
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Environmental Justice Program, Regional Programs, Office of Civil Rights and other resources
- USEPA Environmental Justice Hotline: 1-800-962-6215
- USEPA National Environmental Justice Program
- USEPA Region 1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and 10 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 2 New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and 7 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 3 Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
- USEPA Region 4 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
- USEPA Region 5 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 6 Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and 65 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 7 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and 9 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 8 Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 9 Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and over 140 Tribal Nations
- USEPA Region 10 Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Pacific Northwest Indian Country
- USEPA Office of Civil Rights USEPA's program for equal employment opportunity
- USEPA Environmental Justice Bibliography Database (EJBib) A fully indexed bibliography of published materials relating to environmental justice.
- USEPA Environmental Justice Geographic Assessment Tool provides information relevant to assessing: adverse health or environmental impacts; aggregate or cumulative impacts; unique exposure pathways; vulnerable or susceptible populations; or communities' lack of capacity to participate in decision making processes, among other conditions.
- USEPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) is a Web-based tool that provides public access to compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 USEPA-regulated facilities.
