Our Healthy Communities program works at the intersection of human health, the environment and justice by focusing on eliminating the pollution – in air, water, soil and food – that jeopardizes the health of all our families and communities.
We work to ensure that everyone, no matter their race, wealth, or zip code, has access to clean, safe, affordable water. To do so, we:
We fight to reduce harmful chemical exposure. To do so we:
Due to systemic racism and unjust policies, low-wealth communities, Indigenous communities, and communities of color often experience the highest pollution burdens and are disproportionately impacted by environmental health issues.
These communities are often forced to live with lead poisoning from paint and drinking water, failing water infrastructure, unaffordable water rates, and proximity to highly polluted Superfund sites, toxic landfills and dangerous industrial facilities.
As a member of the Equitable & Just National Climate Forum, LCV is working with our partners in the environmental justice community to:
Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering the Biden administration’s decision to delay LNG export expansion, proposed pollution-cutting rules from the EPA, the U.S. Postal Service’s first electric charging station, and funding for wildfire smoke preparedness.
Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering President Biden’s conservation record, investments in clean school buses and EV charging infrastructure, the Western hemisphere’s largest wind development, and mandatory composting in France.
Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. We're kicking off 2024 with tax credits for the purchases of electric vehicles, Vineyard Wind generating electricity, grants to advance equity in clean energy development, London's "Ulez," and New York's Birds and Bees Protection Act.
Grassroots organizing to secure clean buses. Advocacy to maximize IRA investments one year after passage. Holding leaders accountable with LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard. State and local power to advance clean energy and democracy. Electing pro-environment candidates in state and local races.
In our final Good Climate News roundup for 2023, we’re covering EV standards and charging, a historic COP agreement, the UN’s plan to tackle agricultural emissions and inequity, and a renewable energy milestone.
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