Services
Environmental Justice
Our Environmental Justice team focuses on the right to fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, and the right to equal protection from environmental hazards. We engage in community outreach, education, relationship building, collaborative partnerships, legal support and transactional work for community organizations, advice and legal counsel to support self-advocacy, direct legal representation, and law student internships with Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Latest news
- DHS Agrees to Review Complaint Against City of Freeport, TX and Port Freeport for Title VI Violations of the Civil Rights Act
- TCEQ to Host Public Meeting on March 10, 2022 Regarding Air Permit in Freeport
- Trinity / Houston Gardens Files Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Regarding City of Houston
- Port Arthur Community Action Network’s John Beard Receives 2021 Environmental Advocacy Honors
Environmental Justice Resources
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Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H) Presentation
Information on turning brownfields into health fields.
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Deed Restrictions Workshop – Part 1
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Deed Restrictions Workshop – Part 2
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Deed Restrictions Workshop – Part 3
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Deed Restrictions Workshop – Part 4
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Eminent Domain – Guidance for Community Members (Freeport)
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Eminent Domain – Summary Guidance (Flow Chart)
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Environmental Justice
Find more resources in our full Resource Library.
The Environmental Justice Project is part of the greater Equitable Development Initiative within Lone Star Legal Aid. Place matters and where a person lives is one of the greatest determinants of their ability to flourish and succeed. The Equitable Development Initiative’s goal is to provide legal assistance to foster community revitalization in low-income neighborhoods by fighting systemic discrimination and degradation, and by helping residents create safe, decent and equitable living spaces. The Civil Rights Act and government agency rules and regulations are among the advocacy tools EDI uses to fight the inequities in the communities we serve.
The project is generously funded by the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation, Bank of America – Deed Restriction, Equation Campaign, MacArthur Foundation, Beyond Petrochemicals | Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Rockefeller Family Fund/Maxwell Family Fund.