Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Office of Environmental Justice. Its purpose was to ensure that all citizens, especially those of color or low income, received protection under existing environmental laws. Other initiatives within the EPA soon followed, and the Department of ...
One way of identifying environmental justice problems in your community is by looking at databases, or places that group a lot of data together. Online Environmental Justice Data: EJ Atlasis an example of a place where people around the world have shared their environmental justice data. What en...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires each regional and headquarters office to develop and implement comprehensive environmental justice action plans. States that have passed environmental justice legislation; Elements of the template developed by EPA to ensure consistency in addressing environmental ...
doi:10.1057/9781137504050_10Isabelle AnguelovskiRoutledge,U.S. EPA. Environmental Justice . Washington, DC: U.S. EPA; June 17 2004. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice . Accesses November 24, 2004....
Environmental Justice Foundation. Honor the Earth tour: Winona LaDuke and the Indigo Girls. Environmental INjustice at the Top - Court halts operation of cement plant dedicated by EPA head Christie Whitman ... More ... EPA's National Asian American and Pacific Islander Initiative ... More...
The Carquinez Strait Fish and Preservation Project, led by All Positives Possible, a community-based environmental justice organization, will provide shoreline education, fish testing, garbage abatement, and preservation process that will engage members and train leaders of disadvantaged communities living...
PARK CITY, UT -- EPA Administrator Michael Regan is poised to announce the creation of a new program office combining the agency’s existing environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights offices that will be co-equal with the current media-specific programs, fulfilling a long-standing Biden ...
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage):EPA released a draft “EJ Action Plan: Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs” highlighting projects, tools, and practices to be applied to the Agency’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM...
EPA’s new draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022-2026 is winning praise because it prioritizes environmental justice (EJ) and civil rights for the first time, though sources also note that the deadline for every planned action is not until 2026, raising doubts about whether the Biden ...
Environmental Justice Delayed: Failed Promises, Hope for the FutureArticle examines the history of environmental justice policy at the US EPA, and analyzes prospects for the future.doi:10.1080/00139157.2016.1134015Konisky, David M.Indiana UnivTaylor & Francis GroupEnvironment Science & Policy for ...