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  • Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline Action Party

    The International Energy Agency has concluded that there must be no new oil, gas or coal development if the world is to reach net zero by 2050. On September 6th at 7 pm (ET), Climate Action Now will host a free action party with four extraordinary activists battling the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and Senator Manchin's side […]

  • Appalachian Resistance Rally in DC!

    September 8, 2022 at 5:00 PM Robert A Taft Memorial Carillon (intersections New Jersey Ave and Constitution Ave) 100 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC Join the Stop MVP Coalition x People Vs Fossil Fuels and allies on September 8th in Washington, DC to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline! Come out to show massive public opposition […]

  • The Birth of a Movement: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective

    Webinar with Dollie Burwell, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr., and the Rev. William Kearney Hosted by United Church of Christ Location: Online/Virtual only (see link below) Description: This September will mark the 40th anniversary of the Warren County protests that would ripple outward around the world with far reaching impacts that continue until today. […]

  • Art Exhibit: “We Birthed the Movement: The Warren County PCB Landfill Protests, 1978-1982”

    Wilson Library 200 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Hosted by UNC Chapel Hill Wilson Library Location: UNC Chapel Hill Wilson Library Description: This exhibition is open July 25-December 22, 2022, showcasing four years of how a group of concerned citizens in Afton (Warren County) responded to the state’s plan to build a toxic landfill laced with cancer-causing PCBs in their community, mounting legal and […]

  • “Environmental Justice: Past, Present and Future” with Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Catherine Coleman Flowers

    Duke Chapel 401 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC, United States

    Hosted by Duke University Location: Duke University Chapel & Virtual Description: Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. in conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers. The Robert R. Wilson Distinguished Lecture will feature the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., who is credited for coining the term "environmental racism," which he declared from his prison cell after […]

  • Comments Due on Carolina Poultry Air Permit

    The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) is seeking public comment on a draft air quality permit for the Carolina Poultry Power RG3, LLC facility in La Grange. Public comment will be accepted until Aug. 17, 2022. Carolina Poultry Power, a proposed biomass-to-energy facility, applied for a permit to operate a lime storage silo […]

  • “We Birthed the Movement: 40 Years of Environmental Justice” A 40th Anniversary Commemoration

    Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church 224 Parktown Road, Warrenton, NC, United States

    Hosted by Warren County Environmental Action Team & Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church Location: Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church, 244 Parktown Road, Warrenton, NC 27589 Description: A day of commemoration and celebration of the fact that Warren County birthed the EJ movement - acknowledging our legacy as we form partnerships to move forward toward equity […]

  • Community Healing Worship Service

    Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church 224 Parktown Road, Warrenton, NC, United States

    Hosted by Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church Location: Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church, 244 Parktown Road, Warrenton, NC 27589 Description: The African American church (Coley Springs Missionary Baptist) has historically been on the frontline in our fight for social and now environmental justice - the community healing worship service will again center our faith communities in […]

  • Chemours Public Info Session for Fayetteville Works Expansion – Dublin

    Bladen Community College Auditorium 7418 NC Hwy 41 West, Dublin, NC

    From NC Policy Watch Chemours plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in northern Bladen County, where the company would ramp up production of PFA, a type of perfluorinated compound. PFA belongs to the larger family of perfluorinated compounds, of which there are at least 10,000. They are known to be toxic in drinking water; […]