New Environmental Justice Mapping Tool Developed Under Gov. Coopers Executive Order [Video]

As part of Executive Order 292, the Environmental Justice Advisory Council has developed a statewide environmental justice mapping tool to provide information about environmental justice issues that enables individuals to assess disparities or inequities associated with that data.

Called the NC Environmental Justice Hub, the interactive map pulls data primarily from the census; the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s community mapping system and environmental justice tool; the NC Department of Health and Human Services’ environmental health data dashboard; and the NC Department of Transportation’s Environmental Justice and Transportation Disadvantage Index. 

According to a video from NCDOT, “environmental justice means equal access to a healthy environment for all,” which requires “meaningful involvement in decision-making that affects our health, well-being, …