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December 7, 2022
Contact: Olivia Burlingame, [email protected], 301-613-4767

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT DEFEATS MANCHIN’S DIRTY DEAL, AGAIN!

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, we got word that the dirty deal struck by
Democratic leadership with Senator Joe Manchin would not stand [4] in their
most recent attempt to attach it to must pass legislation through the
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT VICTORY! Thanks to the tireless
organizing of frontline communities, strategic campaigns waged by the
environmental justice movement and allies, and round the clock work with
allied legislators, we have beaten back this dirty deal and killed it for
the second time this year!

"Thanks to the hard-fought persistence and vocal opposition of
environmental justice communities all across the country, the #DirtyDeal
has finally been laid to rest.” tweeted Natural Resources Committee Chair
Representative Raul Grijalva late last night. You can read his full
statement here. [5] We applaud legislators for listening to the voices of
environmental justice leaders and drawing the line to stop this deal. We
hope they will continue to stand with us and work to strengthen, not weaken
bedrock laws like the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

“We beat this dirty deal back twice now. We will continue to monitor and
hold our elected officials accountable and remind them that this dirty deal
is no deal for environmental justice communities. We need to follow
frontline communities’ solutions to fast track a Just Transition, not a
dirty one.” said Juan Jhong-Chung, Climate Justice Director at the
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and Co-Chair of CJA’s Policy
work group.

Last week, CJA members joined environmental justice organizations and
allies in Washington, D.C. to make their position clear; this week
thousands across the country participated in virtual meetings and calls
with their members of Congress to ensure that this dirty deal, which would
have sacrificed frontline communities again, was not tied to must pass
legislation. Under Manchin’s dirty deal the foundational protections
afforded communities under NEPA and other bedrock protections like the
Clean Water Act, that ensure a pathway for community input and recourse
against toxic and polluting industries, would have been stripped away and
gutted.

We will continue to be vigilant and call on House Speaker Pelosi and
Senator Schumer to stop any and all future attempts to push this dirty deal
through as we celebrate the tremendous power of grassroots organizing in
our communities!

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_Climate Justice Alliance is a member-led organization of 89 urban and
rural frontline communities, organizations and support networks in the
climate justice movement. We work to build real solutions to the climate
crisis through building local, living, regenerative economies while also
organizing against the harmful practice of using frontline communities as
sacrifice zones._

Climate Justice Alliance

1960A University Ave
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States


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