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Tour to Paterson 2004 In 2004, GreenFaith and the NJ Work Environment Council led an Environmental Health and Justice Tour in Paterson, co-sponsored by Paterson's Pastors Task Force, the most influential pastors group in that city. The genesis of the tour well demonstrates the values of engagement and networking. Several grassroots environmental leaders in Paterson with whom GreenFaith had working relationships, including Ted Carrington, who had led efforts to identify environmental health threats near Paterson schools, introduced GreenFaith to the Paterson Pastors Task Force as part of their effort to engage these religious leaders in environmental issues. As a result of this connection, not merely did the Pastors Task Force co-sponsor the Tour, but several of its members came on the Tour as well, taking back to their congregations a deepened sense of commitment to issues of environmental health and justice.
In 2005, GreenFaith worked with local activists and the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic to force a study of to assess the impact on local air quality of the emissions from two industrial sites in Elmwood Park – the Marcal and Prime Energy Plants. GreenFaith continues to participate in efforts to reduce harmful air emissions from these plants and will post information to this site as new developments emerge. 
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"The plight of people of color and poor
people has always been a concern of mine. Before I reached
my teens I understood that racism in any form was wrong and
I also understood that I must be active if I wanted to see
an end to racism. Racism will end when there is equal justice
under the law for all of us. Environmental injustice is particularly
disturbing to me when we consider that the earth is a precious
gift for all of us. We must do all that we can to care for
the land we walk on, the water we drink and the air we breathe;
simply put, we must care for the environment.
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