Press Releases
Interfaith Community Forum to Be Held Regarding the Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Plan
September 28, 2007 — EnviroJustice and the Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization (CCISCO) will be sponsoring a Community Forum on Thursday, October 4, 2007 on interfaith approaches to the reuse of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. The Community Forum will be held at First Christian Church, 3039 Willow Pass Road, Concord, California, adjacent to the Concord City Hall, at 7:00 p.m.
EnviroJustice Supports Stronger Pittsburg Hillside Development Standards
May 22, 2007 — EnviroJustice today offered its support for stronger hillside development standards in the city of Pittsburg, especially in the light of the planning process for the adjacent Concord Naval Weapons Station development on the other side of the hills in Concord.
EnviroJustice Urges No-Fee Online Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports
March 28, 2007 — EnviroJustice today joined sixteen partners in the Open the Government coalition and others in sending letters to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, members of the House Administration Committee and the Senate Rules Committee urging action to ensure no-fee online public access to all CRS (Congressional Research Service) reports.
EnviroJustice Supports Grassy Narrows Moratorium
February 15, 2007 — EnviroJustice today announced its support of a moratorium on further industrial activity in the Traditional Territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation until such time as the Governments of Canada and Ontario restore their honor and obtain the consent of the Grassy Narrows community in decisions that will forever alter the future of its people. EnviroJustice calls upon the federal and provincial governments to fulfill their obligations under treaty and other international and domestic laws to protect the rights of the people of Grassy Narrows and ensure that no logging or other resource extraction is carried out on their territory without their consent.
EnviroJustice Signs On to UPM-Kymmene Letter
December 20, 2006 — EnviroJustice today signed on to a letter sent to UPM-Kymmene, one of world's largest papermakers based in Finland. The letter demands that UPM stop its current use of pulp from the Indonesian producer APRIL unless the latter reforms its destructive practices. The letter highlights an acutely threatened forest area in Sumatra, Kampar Peninsula, to insert pressure towards APRIL to back off from its plans to clearcut the area.
EnviroJustice Joins Open the Government Coalition
August 22, 2006 — EnviroJustice today joined Open the Government, an unprecedented coalition of individuals and organizations, bringing together First Amendment advocates, good government groups, journalists, environmentalists, and organizations representing working men and women.
EnviroJustice Calls on OfficeMax to Become a Good Steward to the World's Endangered Forests
July 19, 2006 — EnviroJustice today joined a coalition of environmental groups from around the world as a signatory to a letter to OfficeMax CEO Sam Duncan calling on the office products and paper retailer to become a good steward of the world's remaining endangered forests.
EnviroJustice Endorses BankTrack Position Paper on Equator Principles
April 28, 2006 — EnviroJustice today joined as a signatory to the position paper released by BankTrack directed towards global financial institutions considering revisions to the Equator Principles, an international voluntary framework for responsible project financing.
EnviroJustice in the News
Eating Away at the Environment
DisciplesWorld magazine, April 2007