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COMMUNITIES TAKING BOLD ACTION ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate Justice Alliance is challenging the extractive economy that is harming people and ecosystems

In these new times of political uncertainty, grassroots communities continue to lead the way forward.

About the Alliance

We envision a world in which fairness, equity and ecological rootedness are core values

Climate Justice Alliance members have won significant victories against polluting and extractive industries. We are building local alternatives that center traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and create a pathway for a regenerative future.

Our Power Campaign

As frontline communities, we pilot solutions and organize collectively to shut down the extractive economy

Climate Justice Alliance is amplifying the leadership of the original Our Power Communities while expanding to 70 communities in seven regions that are home to key grassroots groups. These groups organize to end the era of extreme energy and implement a Just Transition that promotes local control of resources (including energy, land, water, and food systems).

Meta-Strategies

Together, we are advancing bold, grounded and interlinked strategies across the country

Six meta-strategies undergird the Climate Justice Alliance projected vision through 2020, and will continue to influence the trajectory of alliance work.

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Just Transition

Just Transition is our
main organizing framework

The Just Transition framework is a vision-led, unifying and place-based set of principles, processes and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Grassroots and Movement Building Organizations

Climate Justice Alliance membership is rooted in a shared landscape analysis, priorities and overall vision. Our alliance includes base-building frontline organizations (BFOs), Alliances, Networks, and Movement Support Organizations.

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Recent News

Climate Justice Alliance Calls on Biden Administration, EPA to Deliver Inflation Reduction Act’s Remaining Funds Immediately

Contact: Olivia Burlingame | [email protected] Warns Funds to Community-Based Organizations Must Be Distributed to Groups By December, Well Before Trump Takes Office WASHINGTON, DC -- The Climate Justice Alliance, a coalition representing over 100...

Climate Justice Alliance on the Election of Donald Trump

Contact: Brett Abrams | [email protected] Statement from KD Chavez, executive director of the Climate Justice Alliance: “This morning, we are reminded that liberation requires community. This is a loss for democracy and the rights of everyday people who want...

CJA Reacts as Supreme Court Declines to Block Biden Climate Rules for Power Plants

CONTACT: Brett Abrams | [email protected]  WASHINGTON, DC -- Moments ago, the Supreme Court  ruled against an emergency request by polluters and some states to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon pollution rules for power plants, slated to take...

The Polluters’ Priority Plan

The Polluters’ Priority Plan A Critical Look at the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 A Troubling Return: The Revived Dirty DealIn summer 2024, Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) unveiled the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA). This bill,...

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“Having an alliance of US frontline communities to strategically confront the existing tyranny of our country and present real solutions is needed right now.”

– Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network

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