team, do you know the history of environmental justice?

we must keep fighting for a just, livable future [History sets our path. Action drives our future. An Environmental Justice Timeline: [Timeline begins][photo of union strike in Memphis, TN to resume talks of the sanitation union with city officials. Strikers are carrying signs saying 'Union Justice Now' 'Honor King: End Racism!'] 1968: Memphis Sanitation Strike - First national mobilization led by Black Americans to oppose environmental injustices; 1979 Bean v Southwestern Waste Management Corp. - First case of environmental discrimination charged under civil rights law; [headline rip: 'What is 'environmental discrimination?']]( [[photo of the march in protest against a dump for toxic wastes in Warren County, NC, with protesters holding signs that read 'dump Hunt' 'Detoxification protects, landfills kill!'] 1982 Sit-in Against Warren County, NC PCB Landfill - 500+ environmentalists and civil rights activists arrested; 1987 Publication of 'Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States' proved race as a factor in selecting toxic facility locations; 1990 Southwest Organizing Project Sends Letter to 'Group of Ten' focused on national environmental organizations' lack of accountability to environmental justice communities; 1991 First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit set the 17 principles of Environmental Justice as a movement platform]( [1994 Executive Order 12898 signed by President Clinton to address environmental justice in minority and low-income communities [Photo of President Clinton signing Executive Order 12898]. Timeline zig zags to get to 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other actions signed by President Biden build on Justice40 initiative to cut pollution, create good clean energy jobs, and invest in frontline communities [headline rip 'U.S. EPA Unveils $550 Million in Environmental Justice Grants] [Photo of US President Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law]]( [2023 WE ARE HERE Thanks to decades of Black leadership and grassroots activism, we're making progress. But we must keep fighting for a just, livable future. [JOIN THE FIGHT]]( [tw]( [fb]( [yt]( [ig]( [Home]( [About]( [CP]( Climate Power 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1095 Sacramento, CA 95814 United States If you wish to no longer receive email from us, please [unsubscribe](.