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What Brings Us Together As AANHPI Communities?

As we approach the end of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month, we wanted …

Group of advocates standing in front of the Capitol building in Olympia.

What the 2023 Legislative Session Means for Frontline Communities

Realizing a Just Transition that restores, preserves, and protects communities most impacted by our changing climate requires …

Biden’s Environmental Justice Order Shows Promise of Leadership from Frontlines

On the eve of Earth Day 2023, President Biden signed a new Executive Order, Revitalizing Our …

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We Can’t Leave Communities Behind!

The Department of Ecology is looking to place air monitors in “overburdened communities”—a term defined for the first time in the HEAL Act.

Unfortunately, Ecology is proposing a very narrow definition of overburdened that will exclude the very frontline communities that have historically been left behind—communities that we already know are chronically and cumulatively impacted by air pollution!

Just Transition Requires More Than Inflation Reduction

Making a Just Transition to a more regenerative economy—from one that relies on digging, dumping and …

Rhetoric on Justice Still Scarcely Impacts Governor’s Climate Budget

When we say Climate Justice and Just Transition; we mean it. Justice means that everyone has …