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DEC Releases Final Policy for Evaluating and Averting Disproportionate Impacts of Permitting Actions on Disadvantaged Communities

DEC Files Draft Regulations to Reduce Hydrofluorocarbons and Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced three actions to support the State’s ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act).

Brookhaven finds proposed rail terminal to have no significant environmental impact

Extending a rail spur through protected land and developing two warehouses to store, sort and ship tons of trash from a proposed waste transfer station in Yaphank will have “no significant impact” on the environment or nearby community, according to the Town of Brookhaven.

New York's Ambitious New Environmental Justice Law Aims to Protect Disadvantaged Communities from Pollution | Sponsored | Environment | Hudson Valley

This summer, New York will join New Jersey in enacting one of the nation’s toughest environmental justice laws. The Environmental Justice Permitting Bill is aimed at curbing the systemic legacy of industries placing polluting facilities in minority or low-income communities.

How the White House found EJ areas without using race

The Biden administration pinpointed disadvantaged communities for climate aid without looking at racial demographics. It might avoid a confrontation with

COP27 in Egypt: Putting Human Rights on the Climate Agenda

Cairo hoped that COP27 would focus on its stated agenda: climate change adaptation. Yet it was human rights concerns—such as jailed pro-democracy

NY CJWG Identifies Disadvantaged Communities Under CLCPA

New York has identified Disadvantaged Communities DACs to direct economic and other benefits from required shifts to lower-emissions energy sources, reduced pollution and cleaner air, and economic opportunities

New York Defines "Disadvantaged Communities" for Use in Justice40 Predecessor Program | Beveridge & Diamond PC

New York’s Climate Justice Working Group (“CJWG”) recently released draft criteria that will be used to identify “Disadvantaged Communities,” (“DACs”) as defined by the Climate...

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