Partners in the Fight for Environmental Justice: Ways That State Attorneys General Can Support Community Efforts
ACS Blogs/Expert Forum (by Bethany Davis Noll & Colin Parts)
April 20, 2022

Environmental justice (EJ) communities (which we define in our Web Resource on Environmental Justice as communities of color and low-income communities that face disproportionate environmental burdens), have been fighting for decades to preserve their right to a healthy environment. Many barriers to that work exist, however. State attorneys general (AGs), as government lawyers, can play an important role in addressing those barriers.

It should be easier for pros to find pro bono climate work
Grist.org (by Matthew A. Karmel)
March 28, 2022

A few years ago, I started providing pro bono legal assistance to a nonprofit in New Jersey that was helping community gardens expand their composting operations without prohibitively expensive permits. In order to change state regulations, I tapped my network to arrange meetings with local residents and elected officials who could provide support. . . .

Durwood Zaelke

Founder and President, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

Romina Picolotti

Senior Policy Analyst, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

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Robert C. Packard Trustee Chair in Law, USC Gould School of Law