August 17, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Isa Flores-Jones, isa@ceja.org Neena Mohan, neena@ceja.org IPCC Report Shows Urgent Need to Zero Out Fossil Fuels, Reduce Direct Emissions Lawmakers, regulators must invest in community climate resilience and fossil fuel phaseout August 17, 2021 – Last week, the UN Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change (IPCC) published their new…
This year, CEJA has been redefining environmental justice in California. One of our legislative priorities, AB 1628 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas, enhances the state’s definition of environmental justice to include the “meaningful involvement” of all people in environmental or land use decisions. AB 1628 would recognize the health, dignity and agency of all people, promoting…
The environmental justice community knows that the most effective climate policies reduce pollution at the source, at the industries in our neighborhoods. CEJA opposes false promises of carbon trading and offsets because these programs don’t cut our fossil fuel dependence and instead concentrates pollution in hot spots in EJ communities. We are working for real…