Report to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Authors: The fact sheets were authored by Natalie Gehred, a doctoral student at University of California, Los Angels and Dr. Kristie Ellickson, Union of Concerned Scientists.
The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council acknowledges the Cumulative Impacts Workgroup with developing the recommendations report: Alec Ayers, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; April Baptiste, Colgate University; Cemelli DeAztlan, La Mujer Obrera; Kristie Ellickson, Union of Concerned Scientists (workgroup co-chair); Ebony Griffin-Guerrier, Earthjustice Yvonka Hall, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition; Jill Lindsey Harrison, University of Colorado Boulder Loren Hopkins, City of Houston Health Department; Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, West Atlanta Watershed Alliance; Andy Kricun, Moonshot Missions; Richard Mabion, Building A Sustainable Earth Community; Ayako Nagano, Clean Water Fund; Benjamin Pauli, Kettering University Millie Piazza, Washing State Department of Ecology; Kristi Pullen Fednick, George Washington University/White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Jerome Shabazz, Overbrook Environmental Education Center; Pamela Tally, Lewis Place Historical Preservation, Inc.; Michael Tilchin, Jacobs Engineering; Sandra Whitehead, George Washington University (workgroup co-chair); Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland.
This report was submitted October 4th, 2024.
Overview
Created in 1993, the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) provides independent and consensus advice on integrating environmental justice into the programs and practices of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2023, the agency formed the NEJAC Cumulative Impacts Workgroup to research, consider, and answer questions about how best to integrate cumulative impact assessments into the agency’s practices. For this effort, the NEJAC was able to draw on a wide variety of sources, including the activities of community groups and state and local governments that have driven many of the innovations and advancements in cumulative impact work.
