Campaigns

CRPE’s campaigns are designed to respond to the issues raised by our client communities. Our approach involves community organizing, administrative advocacy, technical assistance, and where necessary, litigation. Each campaign is designed to build the capacity of our individual clients, to build the power of our client communities, and to directly address the environmental hazard the community is facing. Our major campaigns include:

Here are our current campaigns. You can read about them in more detail by following these links or the links at the top of the page.

	State Implementation Plan (Clean Air in the San Joaquin Valley: CRPE Protects the Valley’s Most Vulnerable Residents by making the Largest Polluters Abide by the Clean Air Act): Engaging low-income communities and communities of color in administrative efforts to clean up unhealthy air. The Dairy Campaign: Protecting Valley Residents from Animal Factory Pollution: Ground-breaking work to hold Government and Mega-Dairies accountable for their considerable environmental pollution. Climate Justice Campaign: Assisting rural grassroots communities from California’s San Joaquin Valley to Kivalina, Alaska protect themselves from the impacts of climate change and to advocate for ways to equitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Pesticide Campaign: Protecting Valley Residents from Pesticide Air Pollution and Drift: Working with some of the most exposed communities to reduce and eliminate health impacts from agricultural pesticide use.
	Civil Rights: Fighting for Racial Justice: Enforcing low-income communities and communities of color’s Civil Rights at the State and Federal Level. Forgotten Voices: Working with low income communities and communities of color in Tulare County to increase civic participation, civic engagement, and to redress long-time neglect. Don’t Waste the Valley: Preventing the Valley from Becoming California’s Dumping Ground: Working with communities to protect public health and stop the San Joaquin Valley from continuing to be a dumping ground. Power to the People Campaign: One of the only programs in California that adopts a “from the ground-up” approach to helping rural communities plan for healthy, economically prosperous and equitable futures.
	National: Over the past 20 years, CRPE has represented hundreds of community groups across the United States.