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The module essays you read in this curriculum were written in 2024 when the Joseph Biden U.S. Presidential administration was making huge advancements in protecting our Environmental Health and directing significant resources to communities for Environmental Justice.
As I write this addendum, all the decades of work of scientists, chemists, business people, human rights advocates, and others have built to protect Environmental Justice is being destroyed. The Center for Biological Diversity is reporting on Trump’s actions here.
June 17, 2025
Rob Bonta, the California State Attorney General, has led a total of 12 State Attorneys General in a fight to save Environmental Justice protections. Read more here.
Here are some other organizations that are monitoring Trump policies that harm our environment, our health, and our future. If you are feeling in despair and powerless, a good antidote is to find an organization that is doing the work that resonates with you and dive in! It is all hands on deck to protect our environmental health and to secure environmental justice!
If you know of additional resources, please let me know at eh.ej.oer@gmail.com and I will add them to this page.
Instructors and students: Having students research changes in regulatory and legislative rules for protecting our environmental and environmental justice might be great assignments.
Organizations
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
Friends of the Earth, monitoring attacks on the National Environmental Protection Act.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is watching Trump’s efforts to open up public lands for private profit, such as mining for uranium in the Grand Canyon.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) supports government employees who stand up to environmentally harmful policies.
Southern Environmental Law Center, focusing on Southern U.S. States and environmental protection.