Global Climate Change: Environmental / Justice Organizations

Builds the power of communities of color and low-income communities in Massachusetts to eradicate environmental racism and classism, create healthy, sustainable communities, and achieve environmental justice.

Breathe Project is a clearinghouse for information on air quality in Pittsburgh, southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond. We use the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.

Builds people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice.

Aims to develop leaders in communities of color along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor and the broader Gulf Coast Region that are disproportionately harmed by pollution and vulnerable to climate change.

"Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping the global commons — our shared resources — under public control."

FracTracker, the project, was originally developed to investigate health concerns and data gaps surrounding western PA fracking. Today, as a non-profit organization, FracTracker Alliance supports groups across the United States, addressing pressing extraction-related concerns with a lens toward health effects and exposure risks on communities from oil and gas development. We provide timely and provocative data, ground-breaking analyses, maps, and other visual tools to help advocates, researchers, and the concerned public better understand the harms posed by hydrocarbon extraction.

"This year marks 50 years since the Group Against Smog and Pollution started fighting for cleaner, healthier air in southwestern Pennsylvania.... In these past five decades we’ve worked tirelessly and accomplished a lot, including reviewing and commenting on hundreds of air quality permits, regulations, and policies, and educating tens of thousands of residents about air quality issues....We’ve fought for clean air in communities throughout Southwestern PA, writing countless letters to the editor, speaking at public hearings, and serving on numerous regional committees and boards advocating for improved air quality.

For nearly 100 years, the Izaak Walton League has fought for clean air and water, healthy fish and wildlife habitat, and conserving special places for future generations. Today, the League plays a unique role in supporting citizens locally and shaping conservation policy nationally. Local Allegheny Chapter, Homestead: 412-722-4539

North Braddock Residents for Our Future is a grassroots group of residents organized to promote community health and clean air, and fight unconventional gas drilling in our community.

The mission of Promote PT is to promote a more sustainable, communal future. We hope to accomplish this through community-focused projects where residents can learn about sustainable living, health and safety, and more. We believe that sustainable, healthy living should be accessible and affordable for everyone and strive to connect community members with new and innovative ways to use sustainable energy, reduce plastic dependence, connect with nature, protect their health and safety and more.

Protect Penn-Trafford is a citizen's group working to ensure the safety, security, and quality of life from the effects of unconventional gas development in Penn-Trafford and surrounding communities in Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties.

"f you’re eager to learn more about stopping the rollout of the fracking-based petrochemical industry in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, you’ve come to the right place! We believe that the Shell Ethane Cracker, Falcon pipeline, and related petro industries have no business doing business at the expense of our health."

Acts to build healthy communities nationwide, with social justice, economic well-being and democratic governance by providing essential resources, strategic partnerships, and training to local leaders.

Provides support, resources, and referral to Indigenous communities and youth throughout primarily North America – and in recent years – globally.

PFPI was founded in 2010 to provide a “one-stop shop” for all things biomass power related. While our mission is expanding, our resources page is still focused on providing resources for activists and citizen scientists who want to weigh in on bioenergy policy and projects. Here we provide links to data resources, key studies, examples of comment

Brings together a collective voice to develop an alternative agenda for environmental, social, and economic justice.

The premier nonprofit environmental law organization. Uses the power of law to defend our right to a healthy environment. International Program works with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce national and international legal protections for the environment and public health.

Nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment. They specialize in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns.

A European Union-funded research project. Maps environmental conflicts along the supply chain and brings together university researchers and environmental justice organizations researching and supporting the global movement for environmental justice.

Permaculture Research Institute