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Environmental Issues--Environmental Justice
Current Bills Filed
Bills Filed in the 2003-2004 Session
- End of Legislative Session Update: For the second consecutive legislative session the Senate has unanimously passed an EJ bill while the House has neglected to do so. Once passed by the Senate, the bill languished in House Ways and Means and was never reported out or brought to the floor, despite efforts from Rep. Sullivan and ELM. – Letter from ELM to Speaker Finneran
- EJ Bill Passed Unanimously by the Senate (S. 2418) - Text of Bill
Bills Filed in Previous Sessions
- The Clean and Healthy Communities Act (S.1190) -
Text of Bill- EJ Bill (H.2212/S.1271) - Text of Bill
Testimony on EJ Bills
- ELM
- Merrimack Valley Environmental Coalition
- Mass. Public Health Association
- Northeastern University Professor Daniel Faber
- Environmental Justice Bill - Fact Sheet
Studies, Reports, Publications, etc.
- "A First Step Toward Environmental Justice", The Standard Times--an Op/Ed piece by James S. Hoyte and Jim Gomes, June 18, 2001
- Unequal Exposure Report, --Professor Daniel Faber, Northeastern University, January 2001
- Press Conference, --Municipal Inequities Report Press Release January 9, 2001
- Highlights from the Unequal Exposure Report, --January 9, 2001
- Testimony on Filthy Five Power Plants Proposed Regulations, --Barbara Berney, ELM, July 26, 2000
- Testimony on the Proposed Fare Increase for the MBTA, --Barbara Berney, ELM, July 11, 2000
- Examples of Severely Impacted Communities - Case Studies, --ELM, June 1999
- Unfair. A letter from ELM's President, --ELM Bulletin, Winter 1999
- ELM Comments on SWTR-Filtration Determination for Wachusett Reservoir, --ELM, December 1998
In December, 1998, ELM submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection supporting greater safeguards for metropolitan Boston's water supply, citing our special concern for those poor, young, old and immune compromised people who can not afford to buy bottled drinking water.
- To contact Megan Amundson, Policy Analyst at ELM about Environmental Justice issues in your community: MAmundson@environmentalleague.org
- Alternatives for Community and Environment
- Brownfields Redevelopment Issues Page
- City of Boston's Environmental Justice page
- http://www.state.ma.us/envir/ej/environmentaljustice.htm Follow this link to find out if your neighborhood is considered an environmental justice community according to parameters set out by the Secretary of Environmental Affairs.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Urban Environmental Initiative (UEI)
