Vulnerable communities left exposed after rollback on environmental justice undoes decades of progress
For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily polluted communities often made up largely of Black, Latino, and low-income White Americans. Now that short-lived era is over. President Donald Trump in his first week removed a team of White House advisors whose job it was to ensure the entire federal government helped communities located near heavy industry, ports and roadways. Trump eliminated the “Justice40” initiative the Biden Administration had created. It required 40% of the benefits from certain environmental programs go to hard-hit communities. When...
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