PLAN believes everyone has the right to live in a clean and healthy environment, regardless of their race, income or immigration status. Addressing our dependence as a nation, and especially in Nevada, on an extractive economy, is central to our Environmental Justice campaign. Currently, poor and marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by pollution and climate […]
Activists call for Justice to be core in Nevada’s Climate Plan Nevada — Representatives of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition and its partner organizations spoke today at the Nevada Climate Initiative’s virtual listening session on climate justice. Community members and representatives of organizations alike raised issues with the process and discussed their work for climate […]
My name is Ariel Guevara and I’m the Nevada Civic Engagement Coordinator for Mi Familia Vota, a member of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition. I was raised in the same city that housed Chevron’s largest oil refinery in America: Richmond, California. I also struggled for most of my life with the effects of asthma. I […]
As a youth-based organization, Sunrise is heavily invested in ensuring prosperity and livability for the future that our generation will inherit, as well as for all who will come after us. And centering climate justice in every decision we make as we move forward is integral to securing this. Climate justice is the crux of […]
Make It Work Nevada is a policy-driven organization that is shifting the landscape of our community through advocacy and education to support the long-term health and vitality of Black families. We center the lived experiences of Black women and Black families in our work as we fight for long-term change that measurably improves our lives. […]
As an organization that works with communities to protect ecosystems and culture from the harmful effects of mining, we would like to stress just how much of climate justice (and possibilities for deep injustice) is connected to how we treat extraction during our attempt to address climate change. We must think about mining reform if […]
The Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition stands in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives organizers and protesters as they fight to bring justice for Black people who have been targeted, terrorized, and murdered by police and the criminal justice system. White supremacy and institutional racism have been ingrained in our nation and state’s history since […]
For Immediate Release, June 15, 2020 Contact: Ainslee Archibald, (702) 473-0346, ainsleearchibald@gmail.com Environmental Justice Advocates Hail New Clark County Planning Effort As Opportunity for Transformation LAS VEGAS — The Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition (NEJC) applauds today’s announcement by Clark County that it is launching a process to overhaul the County’s Master Plan and Development Code. […]
