Environmental & Climate Justice
At Liberty Hill, Environmental Justice is a cornerstone of social justice.
Environmental Justice
For low income communities and communities of color, the dangers of exposure to environmental hazards are severe. People who live in "environmental justice neighborhoods" combining economic disadvantage and dangerous pollution are at a greater risk for cancer and other health consequences than residents of other areas. We currently have several programs in place to fight for a safer, healthier, greener L.A.
Liberty Hill is a founding member of this coalition of community organizations on the frontlines of ending toxic neighborhood oil drilling.
Liberty Hill supports a coalition with policies to “Clean Up and Green Up” three communities by establishing “Green Zones” in Boyle Heights, Pacoima and Wilmington—all neighborhoods with high concentrations of air pollutants.
This county-wide outreach initiative brings public and private sector funding sources together to directly support outreach and organizing focused on decreasing the demand for fossil fuels with potential household savings of thousands of dollars per year.
Our Environmental Justice Work
emPOWER Outreach
This county-wide outreach initiative brings public and private sector funding sources together to directly support outreach and organizing focused on decreasing the demand for fossil fuels with potential household savings of thousands of dollars per year.
STAND-LA
Liberty Hill is a founding member of this coalition funding community organizations on the frontlines of ending toxic neighborhood oil drilling.
POWER OF PERSISTENCE: The Fight to End Neighborhood Oil Drilling in Los Angeles
Highlighting the decade-long battle of local residents and community organizers to end toxic neighborhood oil drilling in Los Angeles.
Mobilizing the Transformative Power of WHAM
With support from voters, Los Angeles County is investing billions of dollars from Measures W, H, A, and M in clean, safe water, housing and homeless services, parks and open space, transportation, and climate resilience.
Clean Up, Green Up
Clean Up Green Up (CUGU) initiative to transform their neighborhoods into safer and more vibrant communities.
A Scalable Model for Improving Community Access to Environmental Benefit Programs in California
The #emPOWERoutreach program was created to tackle the problem of access across the county and connect low-income residents with a suite of environment-related financial assistance programs, such as clean, affordable energy and transportation rebates, utility bill savings, zero-emission vehicle incentives and energy efficiency home upgrades.
Guide to Green: A Resource Guide
The Guide to Green directories list financial and technical assistance programs for businesses. We currently have two Guides, one for the City of Los Angeles and another for the City of Commerce. Want to green your business or share some tips? Liberty Hill’s new resource guides for businesses summarize nearly 50 assistance programs. Find grants, loans, tech training and more when you download our “Guide to Green.”
Drilling Down: The Community Consequences of Expanded Oil Development in L.A.
This report offers testimony from Angelenos living with the consequences of L.A.'s underregulated oil industry. Too little is known about the effects of expanded and unconventional oil-extraction techniques when there's drilling in L.A.'s backyards.
Green Zones and Grassroots
An analysis of California investments to fight global warming and the resulting impact on disadvantaged communities. It geographically maps such programs as tree planting, solar energy incentives, bike pathways, low-income weatherization and clean vehicle rebates. The analysis of these investments gives a picture of the progress toward achieving the climate justice goals of those communities.
Hidden Hazards: A Call to Action for Healthy Livable Communities
This report provides new evidence of the high density of air pollution hazards and exposure in certain areas of Los Angeles – hazards that are “hidden” from the view of regulatory agencies because they are not contained in their official databases.
Advantaging Communities: Co-Benefits and Community Engagement in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
The report critiques administrative actions and guideline documents that determine how economic, environmental and public health benefits are prioritized for low-income households and proposes policies emphasizing greater baseline requirements for GGRF programs including high-road labor practices; proactive anti-displacement measures and specific methods of authentic community engagement.
Is there an oil well in your neighborhood?
Environmental Justice Stats
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Oil Drilling in Our Own Backyards
L.A.'s Dirty Secret Exposed