Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fighting to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of Black HIV movement lawyers. Tackling structural racism through the power of dance....

Enviva and the Wood Pellet Industry Under Scrutiny in North Carolina Hamlet, North Carolina, Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This evening, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will hold a public hearing to take...

Accomplished Attorney and Innovative Advocate to Lead Nation’s Top Environmental Law Program at Vermont Law School SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt.—, Aug. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accomplished attorney and environmental advocate Jennifer Rushlow will direct Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center, the touchstone of...

New Research Finds Wood Pellet Facilities Are 50% More Likely to be Located in Environmental Justice Designated Communities Asheville, NC, April 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new research paper, “Siting of Wood Pellet Production Facilities in Environmental Justice Communities in the Southeastern United States” has been...

Earthjustice, Vermont Law School Expand Focus on Community Environmental Justice Cases SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt.—, April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- —In a move to advance environmental justice advocacy, the pro bono Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic (ENRLC) at Vermont Law...