Apr 27, 2021
New Jersey’s EJ Law Signals Wave of Policy Changes That Will Impact Our Industry
New Jersey’s Landmark Environmental Justice Legislation, Biden Agenda Set the Stage for a Sea Change.
ERIS Originals
Podcasts
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 12 – Environmental Justice Policy Updates: What Environmental Professionals Need to Know
Join Mary Ann Grena Manley, Founder and President of 15E Communications, and guest Matthew Karmel, Chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Law Group of Offit Kurman, for a conversation about recent policy and regulatory developments in environmental justice and practical impacts for environmental professionals.
May 17, 2021
Episode 7- Spotlight on New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law – What it Means for Our Industry
EJ has become a force of change in our industry with major implications for developers and investors. Our latest Podcast Episode explains the nuts and bolts of the new law, what industries it will impact, and its broader implications for businesses and projects nationwide.
Industry News
May 09, 2023
Environmental Justice: Everything You Need to Know
Environmental justice movements work to end or stop disproportionate amounts of environmentally negative practices in vulnerable communities...
May 05, 2023
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Justice Department’s Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Office of Environmental Justice.
Apr 27, 2023
Biden Pledges To Fight For Environmental Justice
In 2019, Joe Biden promised Americans he would end the use of fossil fuels nationally. “I guarantee we’re going to end fossil fuels,” Biden told an environmental activist while campaigning in New Hampshire.
Apr 26, 2023
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) finalized its long-awaited...
Apr 24, 2023
NJDEP Adopts Environmental Justice Regulations
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP” or the “Department”) adopted its long discussed Environmental Justice Rules (“EJ Rules”) on April 17, 2023. The Department has touted these rules as the first of their kind in any state.
Apr 17, 2023
2.5 years after signing, NJ environmental justice law begins
Two and a half years after it was signed into law, a measure designed to prevent New Jersey communities already dealing with sources of pollution from having to accept more of them took effect Monday.
Apr 05, 2023
Rhode Island proposes Environmental Justice Act
The state of Rhode Island has proposed a bill that would create “environmental justice focus areas” where state agencies would have more discretion in permitting a variety of industrial land uses that tend to pollute, including several that are part of the recycling process.
Mar 01, 2023
Environmental Justice Board to assist on flood resiliency
State Department of Environmental Quality staff in charge of developing an online tool to help decision-makers address flooding in their communities took steps to include historically underrepresented and underserved voices in the planning processes, and a state advisory board...
Feb 22, 2023
Climate Justice Innovators Get $27 Billion Boost From the EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund forward and making good on its recently renewed commitments to environmental and climate justice.
Jan 22, 2023
Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023
These are the issues competing for priority this year as $60 billion earmarked in the Inflation Reduction Act for environmental justice efforts begins to flow into U.S. communities.
Jan 11, 2023
Funding for environmental justice is coming. Will it reach communities most in need?
Michael Regan hardly could have sounded more ardent Tuesday afternoon as he announced that the first $100 million in environmental justice grants made possible by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act will soon become available.
Jan 03, 2023
On New Year’s Eve, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s “Cumulative Impacts” bill into law, making New York the second state in the nation to require assessment of “cumulative impacts”...
Jan 02, 2023
EPA Launches New Environmental Justice Tool
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created a new environmental justice (EJ) mapping and screening tool called EJScreen in order to better fulfill the Agency’s obligations relating to the protection of public health and the environment.
Sep 01, 2022
Five Things to Know About the New Federal Environmental Justice Index and Cumulative Impacts
Since 2021, the Administration has released several mapping tools addressing environmental and health impacts on environmental justice (“EJ”) communities.
Aug 10, 2022
The incorporation of environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights into the environmental agenda of the Biden administration has not been confined to grant making and enhanced visibility.
Aug 03, 2022
Good Corporate Citizenship And Liability In An Era Of Climate Change And Environmental Justice
The Biden administration brought a much sharper focus and prioritization to issues of climate change and environmental justice, which presents significant implications for environmental permitting...
Jun 13, 2022
NJDEP Issues Proposed Regulations to Implement Environmental Justice Law
With the issuance of proposed regulations, businesses seeking to comply with New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law just received more guidance from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”).
Feb 18, 2022
EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
EPA has developed a new environmental justice (EJ) mapping and screening tool called EJScreen.
Dec 02, 2021
Environmental Justice: EPA’s New Focus in Inspection and Enforcement
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an online tool, EJSCREEN, that can identify EJ communities across the country by address.
Nov 29, 2021
Environmental Justice and the Era of “Woke” Permitting
There is no question the policy considerations underlying Environmental Justice (EJ) are valid. As a society, we need to recognize that some communities are more at risk than others and devise means to mitigate these risks or at least not consciously add to them if possible.