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
Sep 10, 2023
Environmental Justice Policy Revision
After extensive public comment, DEP will be adopting an interim final Environmental Justice Policy on September 16, 2023.
Aug 24, 2023
Is Environmental Justice at a Crossroads? Three Issues to Watch in Fall 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines “environmental justice” as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.
Aug 01, 2023
Federal agencies are required to conduct assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) before taking “major federal actions,” such as granting permits needed for infrastructure projects and for certain other necessary...
Jul 24, 2023
New Law Mandates ‘Environmental Justice Analyses’ for Some Minnesota Businesses
The legislation only applies to projects inside, or within a mile of, environmental justice areas in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, Rochester, and Duluth. But the definition of an environmental justice area is expansive enough to cover...
Jul 19, 2023
US EPA’s Environmental Justice Objectives on Trial
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategic plan for 2022–26, released in March 2022, added a new foundational principle to the...
Jul 07, 2023
Recent Supreme Court and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decisions may have significant implications for advancing environmental justice (EJ).
Jul 05, 2023
Environmental Justice and Plastics Debate Heats Up
Plastic industry backers and environmental justice (EJ) advocates exchanged sometimes fiery comments at a recent hearing over plastics production and its impact on poor communities of color.
Jun 26, 2023
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change Through Urban Planning
Katie Walsh helps cities manage their climate risks—and champions environmental advocates for office
Jun 23, 2023
EPA creates youth council to advise the agency on climate change policy
The new panel will focus on disadvantaged communities.
Jun 12, 2023
Exclusive: EPA administrator talks AI, environmental justice
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan tells Axios the Biden administration is focused on decarbonizing the economy using advanced technology like AI.
Jun 02, 2023
Environmental Justice for All of Government
President Biden recently created a White House Office of Environmental Justice to coordinate EJ efforts across all federal agencies. EPA Region 4 Administrator Daniel...
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.