• Green New Deal

EJ Bills Introduced In Congress Now Set the Stage For Next Year

• communities of color
• Cory Booker
• Environmental Justice
• indigenous communities
• Kamala Harris
• low income communities
• pollution
• Tammy Duckworth

Environmental Justice legislation is getting lots of attention this year as numerous bills are pending in Congress on a topic that, until now, barely received attention. Yesterday, Senator Cory Booker and Representative Deb Haaland rolled out a bill that would put $100 billion dollars toward eliminating pollution that has disproportionately harmed communities of color.

Why This Matters:  Lisa Friedman of  The New York Times wrote last month that by putting Senator Harris on the ticket with him, Vice President Biden signaled that environmental justice will be high on their agenda.

• People

The Growing Movement to Grant Legal Rights for Nature

• 30 by 30
• biodiversity
• indigenous communities
• nature

The rapid degradation of nature driven by human activity is forcing indigenous leaders and activists to push for nature having rights that are enshrined in law.

It’s not a new idea, but one that could be important for global conservation.

• Politics

Hero of the Week: The Late Ghanimat Azhdari — Indigenous Peoples’ Advocate

• boreal forest
• cultural heritage
• indigenous communities
• Ukraine

The tragedy of the loss of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 152 last week was compounded by the fact that among those who perished was a remarkable advocate for conserving the cultural heritage of indigenous communities. PhD student Ghanimat Azhdari, who was born into a nomadic tribe in Iran, was studying at Canada’s University of Guelph, […]