It's about looking out for those who suffer the most. We fund and stand alongside community-led projects in South Stockton's most underinvested neighborhoods.
Watch: the Transformative Climate Communities program in South Stockton.
The Environmental Justice Program is a program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Stockton. We work in the neighborhoods of South Stockton — places that carry an outsized share of pollution, flooding risk, and disinvestment.
Rooted in the call to care for our common home, we pair advocacy with on-the-ground community projects so that the people most affected lead the work and share in its benefits.
Organizing residents and shaping policy on air quality, warehousing, and climate investment across the San Joaquin Valley.
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Building leadership and resilience through neighborhood meetings, education, and community-led environmental projects.
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Living out Laudato Si' and care for creation through the faith communities of the Diocese of Stockton.
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The Transformative Climate Communities program funds community-led environmental justice projects for the most underinvested communities in South Stockton — from urban greening and clean transportation to local jobs and healthier homes.
To respect life, we must respect the envelope of life, the Earth, on which all life depends.
Bishop Stephen Blaire
Dec 11, 2023
A looming danger is silently lurking behind outdated infrastructure, inequitable emergency response systems and impervious built environments. For many years, news coverage about climate change has omitted the crude reality about the lack of preparedness for the myriad of challenges a changing climate could present. In Stockton, the atmospheric rivers from earlier this year led [...]
Read more →Aug 29, 2023
In recent years, the staggering growth of e-commerce has given rise to new mega-corporations, such as Amazon, and upended the ways that traditional retail entities do business. Our demand for quick shipping, either 3-day or overnight delivery, necessitates that there is the infrastructure available to accommodate that demand. What the consumer rarely sees is the [...]
Read more →Oct 18, 2022
It is time to raise our voice against poor air quality in the San Joaquin valley which has been known to exacerbate Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as well as increase risk of respiratory tract infections. Air pollution is the release of pollutants such as gasses, fine particles or droplets into the air. [...]
Read more →Sep 13, 2022
Why is it important to reduce energy consumption? It’s important to reduce our own energy usage because it will help in not only putting less strain on the power grid but also in reducing air and water pollution. This in turn creates a better living environment for people. After just experiencing one of the hottest [...]
Read more →Mar 15, 2021
An Iowa technology company has proposed a first-of-its-kind bioenergy project in McFarland that’s expected to help cut a significant source of local air pollution while also reducing diesel emissions, burying carbon and employing about 50 local residents. The project spearheaded by Iowa-based technology company Frontline BioEnergy proposes to “gasify” about 300,000 tons per year of [...]
Read more →Dec 24, 2020
We’ve got a long way to go to reach net-negative emissions in California by 2030 and increase resilience for communities bearing the brunt of climate change, as outlined in The Climate Center’s Climate-Safe California campaign. One key goal is annually sequestering an additional 100 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. PUENTES, a local nonprofit organization [...]
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