Environmental Justice Blog: November 2013

Thursday, November 21, 2013

EPA Environmental Justice Community Outreach Call

November 21 Teleconference

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Phone Number: (877) 744-6030

Access Code: 99212070

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice invites environmental justice advocates to participate on our next Environmental Justice Community Outreach Call, which will take place on November 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. ET. This month's call will focus on two areas:

· EPA's ongoing outreach efforts on the carbon pollution guidelines for existing power plants – New Source Performance Standards (Section 111d)

· Events celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Executive Order 12898

The purpose of these calls is to provide information to participants about the Agency's EJ activities and maintain an open dialogue with EJ advocates. As EPA continues to advance Plan EJ 2014, the Agency hopes that these calls will better inform the public about EPA's EJ work and enhance opportunities to take advantage of federal activities.

Listen to, or read about, previous calls

More information about Plan EJ 2014

Statement of Purpose

Mission and goals of conferences: The EJ conferences bring together individuals interested in environmental justice from diverse groups at this noteworthy juncture in the history of environmental justice, through a process of dialogue and learning from each other. The conference seeks to bring together federal employees, academics, business and industry, non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations, local community activists and others to participate in dialog on achieving equality of environmental protection. The conference will serve as an academic legal conference to advance scholarship regarding environmental justice.