Environmental Justice

Signed into law 12/31/22 New York’s cumulative impact law  amends the state’s environmental conservation law to address permitting decisions made by relevant state agencies. Agencies [...]

9/12/2022 passed legislature, goes into effect [add!] This bill adds new sections to the Water Code of California directing the State Water Resources Control Board to “identify issues of [...]

4/9/2022 Requires applicants for certain permits from the Department of the Environment to include an EJ Score as part of the application using the Maryland EJ tool and may require notices [...]

Signed on 3/23/22, in effect 8/1/2022  EJ Council and Defining Key Terms  This Act changed the name of the Environmental Justice Task Force to the Environmental Justice Council. Additionally, it [...]

Signed into law on 5/17/2021, went into effect 7/25/2021, implementation timeline varies.   This Act established a greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-invest program. It is not solely an [...]

Adopted on 6/9/2021  The legislative assembly of Oregon passed this Resolution acknowledging that “environmental and climate solutions must address structural socioeconomic inequalities.” The [...]

Signed on 6/1/2021, into effect 1/1/2022  This Act relates to water project community engagement, where a water project includes “watershed enhancement, in-stream flow protection or enhancement, [...]

Signed into law on 5/17/2021, went into effect 7/25/2021, implementation timeline varies.  The Act implements the recommendations of Washington’s Environmental Justice Task Force, requiring state [...]

 11/1/2020  Updated the Connecticut General Statues to expand the definition of “Community environmental benefit agreement” (including mitigating impacts to watercourses), and details [...]

Signed and went into effect on 9/18/2020  This legislation made New Jersey the first state in the country to require mandatory permit denials if an environmental justice analysis determines a new [...]