A Practical Conversation on Environmental Justice

In this episode, host Megan Berge talks with partners Lily Chinn and Nadira Clark about their practical approach to helping companies develop or redevelop their approach to environmental Justice. More information, including videos, on the framework Nadira and Lily developed for in-house counsel is available at bakerbotts.com/ACELAS. 

 

EJ Mapping Tools:

• California
  • CalEnviroScreen was in development for over a decade before it was first released in 2013.  Current version 3.0 was last updated in July 2018 and version 4.0 is out for public comment.
• Federal EPA  
  • Development of EJSCREEN began in late 2010 and EPA began using an early version in 2012. EJSCREEN was peer reviewed in early 2014 and released to the public in 2015.
• Examples of Other State or Local Mapping Tools
  • Colorado
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Maryland
  • Washington
  • North Carolina
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul
  • San Francisco