WECT News 6, 11/24/23
U.N.-appointed human rights experts express concerns about Chemours’ ‘blatant disregard for human rights and environmental protections’
Clinic client settles with Bay Area air district to increase transparency and community participation
Communities for a Better Environment, 9/5/23
ELC client Communities for a Better Environment reaches settlement agreement with Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Environmental Law Clinic, 9/2/23
Director Claudia Polsky comments on complaint urging UN to investigate toxic PFAS pollution in North Carolina
The Guardian, 4/28/2023
Director Claudia Polsky on PFAS pollution as human rights violation in North Carolina
Grist, 4/27/2023
Clinic files complaint with United Nations about PFAS contamination of drinking water
Environmental Law Clinic, 4/27/23
Clinic files lawsuit against Oakland foundry and Bay Area regulatory agency to protect neighbors from toxic air pollution
Communities for a Better Environment, 10/25/2022
Director Claudia Polsky comments on clinic’s work to address toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water
E&E News/Politico, 1/27/2022
Clinic comments call for EPA to designate BIPOC as particularly vulnerable to toxic chemical harms
In comments submitted on Dec. 8, 2021, four public health and environmental justice organizations called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to formally designate people of color as a vulnerable population that must be protected from unreasonable health risks caused by exposure to the plastics-related chemicals known as phthalates. 12/8/21
Bill spurred by ELC energy justice report clears key committee
California Senate Bill 476, legislation to implement the main recommendations of a recent ELC report on environmental justice aspects of clean energy financing, cleared the Senate Banking Committee on an 8-to-1 vote. 4/21/21