We’re building power in communities across Pennsylvania that have been impacted by climate and environmental injustice.
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Our Priorities
Environmental Justice
In order to have climate and environmental justice, our organizing and policies must be driven by the needs of communities impacted by these crises. We are fighting for solutions which will center our communities in decision-making processes when it comes to the environment and halt the harm imposed on our communities by toxic industries.
Office of Just Transition
As we push to stop and reverse the harm on environmental justice communities in our state, we must also build new institutions and infrastructure for us to take on the climate crisis. This is why we’re fighting for an Office of Just Transition, which will establish a community driven process that centers workers and community members impacted by transition from our extractive economy to a regenerative economy.
Whole Home Repairs
Our neighbors are struggling to repair and maintain their homes because for decades our communities have been starved of resources. We need a Whole-Home Repairs Fund to create a one-stop shop for home repairs and weatherization so that Pennsylvanians can stay safe and healthy in their homes and communities.
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About the PA Climate Equity Table
The PA Climate Equity Table seeks to unite urban, rural, and suburban voices for racial, economic, and climate justice by building: community; electoral power; shared racial and environmental justice analysis; and policy change. We seek a just and equitable transition from our extractive economy to an economy that is regenerative, renewable, and just.
We envision a thriving Commonwealth that prioritizes the health and wellbeing of all its people, works for ecological justice, protects the sacredness of our air, water, and land, champions worker’s rights and status, and advances racial and economic justice in communities. We serve as a coordinated and aligned effort of local-based organizations working together to achieve common goals that will benefit all across the state.
The table strives to:
- Build power in Black, Brown, and impacted communities on environmental and climate justice issues that intersect with economy and other sectors;
- Move community-driven policy solutions on a radical yet possible vision for a more equitable, just, climate-resilient and fossil-free Pennsylvania economy; and
- Be a voice for racial equity and justice on climate issues that is an alternative to environmental and decarbonization efforts that are not rooted in community solutions.
Founded in 2018, current members of the PA Climate Equity Table include:
- CASA
- Center for Coalfield Justice
- Make the Road PA
- PA Stands Up
- POWER Interfaith
- Pittsburgh United
- Philly Thrive
- One PA
- APIPA