Topic: Equity

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Mapping tool providing information on overburdened communities in New Jersey, as well as information on environmental and public health stressors, and locations of emitting facilities, along with information about violations and incidents.

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Mapping tool providing locations of facilities with air permits in NJ, along with information on air quality, weather, wind speed and direction, and overburdened communities.

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Website providing case studies and resources related to screening assessments of community air quality concerns.

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Web tool providing information on neighborhood built environment, asthma, climate, housing, and outdoor air, intended to show how environments affect health.

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Toolkit intended for communities to build capacity to participate in air quality planning and advocacy. Tools and resources in the toolkit serve several purposes including engagement, information, planning, activism, and scaling solutions.

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Website providing health and environmental data for municipalities in New Jersey

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MiEJScreen is a screening tool that provided percentile scoring various environmental, health and socioeconomic indicators to measure relative environmental risk in communities. This map is meant for general information about Environmental Justice in Michigan and is a collection of basic data sets related to Environmental Justice concerns which allow users to identify, query, and filter the data.

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The DEQ North Carolina Community Mapping System is an online, interactive mapping platform that brings together environmental, health, demographic, and infrastructure data to help communities understand local conditions and support environmental justice and planning efforts. Through a web map interface, users can explore layers related to air and water quality, regulated facilities, climate and flooding risks, sensitive receptors (like schools), and community characteristics, allowing residents, advocates, and decision?makers to identify overburdened areas, visualize cumulative impacts, and inform permitting, enforcement, and investment decisions.

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Helps community groups and interested citizens collect air samples. The results help the community and DEC understand air quality concerns. DEC provides the air sampling equipment and training to participants in the program. The participants collect air samples and then DEC analyzes the air samples and provides an explanation of the results.

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AQMx is the Air Quality Management Exchange Platform, an online “one?stop shop” designed to build capacity among air quality managers worldwide. Led by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and UNEP, it provides curated guidance, technical tools and models, data resources, and case studies covering core aspects of air quality management—such as monitoring, emissions inventories, source attribution, health impact assessment, legal frameworks, and sector?specific mitigation in areas like transport, household energy, agriculture, and waste. The platform is aimed especially at low? and middle?income countries and is structured to help governments and practitioners design and implement strategies to meet WHO Air Quality Guidelines and interim targets.

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