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• [New] The UN observed that China and the US own more than 90% of AI-specialized computing capacity, warning of the widening disparity in economic opportunities and environmental justice. - JURIST - News
• [New] Queer land, environmental, and Indigenous peoples' rights activists are leading radical movements for human rights and justice globally, but the risks they face for doing so are under-documented. Human Rights Watch
• Tribal implications include heightened risk for Alaska Native and rural Tribal communities due to cuts in climate resilience, water funding, and environmental justice programs, alongside ongoing but limited support for contaminated land cleanup. Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative - Empowering
• The Biden administration wants new power plant rules that call for carbon capture and storage technology, which has yet to be proven at scale and could have environmental justice impacts. World Media Foundation
• Historical inequities in coastal communities' access to public utilities makes the potential for widespread failure of septic systems an environmental justice issue as well as a threat to public health and ecosystems. Maryland Today
• Given, India's continued to stand for ensuring climate action and climate justice - especially for the Global South, 2023's Budget is expected to focus significantly on energy transition and environmental sustainability. FirstPost
• The practice of growing food in cities is expected to continue expanding in the coming years, and many cities are looking to it as a key tool for climate adaptation and environmental justice. Modern Farmer
• In Thailand, which already has in place voluntary guidance on human rights, the Ministry of Justice has indicated that it is drafting legislation mandating all companies operating in country to identify, prevent, and address human rights and environmental risks. JD Supra
• A recent Executive Order from President Joe Biden means that environmental justice is now a factor that could stymie the building of new chemical plants and other large-scale projects in the United States. DLA Piper
• The approval of Zenith's LUCS will further burden environmental justice communities with the health hazards associated with living near rail lines that carry oil by rail. / USA Google Docs
• The Inflation Reduction Act includes a $3 billion Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant program, which could provide a key opportunity for DC to seek funding to electrify homes in frontline communities that often see the greatest health harms of indoor fossil fuel combustion. Sierra Club
• In terms of opportunity, China does not ensure freedom of peaceful assembly, access to justice (including environmental justice), freedom of discussion, and basic political rights to its citizens, all elements that are at the core of green nation-states. Frontiers
• The charity Environmental Justice Foundation has described it as one of the largest unregulated squid fisheries in the world, warning that the scale of activities could destabilise an entire ecosystem. The Guardian
• Israel's war has been taken for adjudication by the International Court of Justice as genocidal, and has caused incalculable human, economic, social, and environmental devastation that will take years, if not decades to address. https://middleeast-business.com - Middle East Business
• Massachusetts defines environmental justice populations as the segments of the population that EEA has determined to be most at risk of being unaware of or unable to participate in environmental decision-making or to gain access to state environmental resources, or are especially vulnerable. Marine Fisheries Commonwealth Masachussets

Last updated: 20 June 2026