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Environmental Justice
National Information
EPA's National Environmental Justice Home Page
Office of Environmental
Justice National Hotline
(800) 962-6215
EJ Resource Guide (PDF)
(20pp, 1.4M, About PDF)
EJ Resource Guide
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Achieving equal environmental protection so that no segment of the population, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture or income, bears an undue burden of environmental pollution – and to ensure that the benefits of environmental protection are shared by everyone.
EJ Successes
EPA Awards Environmental Justice Small Grants to Communities(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 3, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1 million in grants across the country for improving the environment in low-income communities. Twenty community-based organizations will receive $50,000 grants each for projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues as exposure to toxins, farm worker pesticide protection, fish consumption, indoor air quality, drinking water contamination, and pollution from shipping ports.
In Region 9, the Environmental Justice Small Grants were awarded to the Asian Pacific Environmental Network and the Environmental Health Coalition.
Program Work
- Responds to the community’s environmental justice concerns
- Awards environmental justice grants throughout the region
- Integrates environmental justice throughout EPA programs in the region
- Collaborates with the Office of Environmental Justice, other regional offices, and partners to address environmental justice concerns
- Participates in community events, conferences, and federal, state, and local government meetings that address environmental justice
Contact Information
Environmental Justice Program Manager
Deldi Reyes (reyes.deldi@epa.gov)
(415) 972-3795