General Ecojustice Information
Energy Justice Network: Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism
Natural Resources Defense Council
Principles of Environmental Justice:
EPA Environmental Justice
EPA Environmental Justice Timeline
African American Voices in Congress Environmental Justice Timeline
Plan EJ 2014
EJ 2020 Action Agenda
African American Voices in congress Eco justice unit
A Brief History of Environmental Justice Video 
Book: Toxic communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility by Dorceta E. Taylor

Community Ecojustice Toolkits
Learning to give environmental Justice Toolkit
Environmental Guide Toolkit to Policy Makers
Racial Equity Tools

Flint Water Crisis
Flint Water Crisis CNN article
Flint Weighs Scope of Harm to children Caused by Lead in Water NY Times article
Racism played a role in Flint water crisis, says state report
The Flint Water Crisis: Systemic Racism Through the Lens of Flint
Flint is nation’s poorest city, based on latest Census data.

Lead Poisoning
The Facts about Lead Exposure and its Irreversible Damage NY Times
CT Department of Public Health Lead Poisoning
Reporting a violation of lead paint rules in New England 
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Standing Rock and Dakota Access Pipeline
January, 2017 National Geographic: These Are the Defiant "Water Protectors" of Standing Rock
January 2017 CNN: Trump advances Keystone pipeline, DAPL with executive actions
​January 2018 The Intercept: FIVE SPILLS, SIX MONTHS IN OPERATION: DAKOTA ACCESS TRACK RECORD HIGHLIGHTS UNAVOIDABLE REALITY — PIPELINES LEAK
November 2016 CNN:Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota
June 2017 Huffington Post: Thousands Fought Against The Dakota Access Pipeline. Now It’s Set To Flow Oil.
Red WolfPope TEDX Seattle Video: Lessons of Courage from Standing Rock

Historical Cases
Triana Alabama - Discharge of DDT into Streams
​Emelle, Alabama - Home of the Nation's Largest Hazardous Waste Facility
Chester Pennsylvania
Environmental Case Study Toxic Waste in Chester, Pennsylvania
September 1996 NY Times article: Life in the Toxic Zone
Chester Environmental Justice Video

Warren County North Carolina - PCB Landfill
West Dallas, Texas - Lead Smelter
West Dallas Superfund fight 1990-1991 video clip
September 2012 Dallas News article: The Burden of Lead: West Dallas feels ignored after years of despair
April 1983 article from NY Times: DALLAS SOIL TAINTING: RELOCATION URGED

Uniontown, Alabama - Toxic Coal Ash Landfill
Defending Uniontown, Alabama from Toxic Coal Ash
NBC News August 2015: Welcome to Uniontown: Arrowhead Landfill Battle a Modern Civil Rights Struggle
The Guardian March 2018: Environmental racism case: EPA rejects Alabama town's claim over toxic landfill​

Kettleman City California
EJAtlas Toxic Waste Landfill at Kettleman City, California 
December 2010 LA Times: Kettleman city Toxic Waste Facility Fined for Violations 
May 2014 LA Times: Waste facility allowed to expand, despite community's health concerns
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