Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative
The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) was founded in 1992 in collaboration with community environmental groups and universities within the region to address issues of environmental justice. The DSCEJ Community/University Partnership, under the auspices of Dillard University in New Orleans, provides opportunities for communities, scientific researchers, and decision makers to collaborate on programs and projects that promote the rights of all people to be free from environmental harm as it impacts health, jobs, housing, education, and general quality of life.
For more information on the Deep South Center For Environmental Justice please visit www.dscej.org
…Planning land use and infrastructure…Impact review.Municipal planning.Land use.Transportation infrastructure.Energy infrastructure.Environmental justice…Related topics… …Environmental justice EJ is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of color sex national origin or with respect to the development implementation and enforcement of environmental laws regulations and policies. In the words of Bunyan Bryant Environmental justice is served when people can realize their highest potential. .Environmental justice emerged as a concept in the United States in the early 1980s its proponents generally view the environment as encompassing where we live work and play sometimes pray and learn are also included and seek to redress inequitable distributions of environmental burdens pollution industrial facilities crime etc. .