September
24, 2022 (Saturday)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/24/epa-environmental-justice/ EPA unveils
new office to place environmental justice at agency’s core In creating a high-profile new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, the administration hopes to enshrine a focus on equity for long-polluted communities that will “outlive all of us,” says Administrator Michael Regan. “……Beginning in the early 20th century, mostly White
public officials in many places instituted “redlining” policies that kept
Black, Latino and other minority, low-income residents in neighborhoods
deemed undesirable. It was in those same places that heavy industry and other
sources of pollution were allowed to cluster, exposing residents to layer
upon layer of health risks, many of which remain. …..) |
Water
Insecurity. U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online |
Water
Insecurity in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SUPERFUND. |
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Community\Civil Society Imperative. The impacts of climate change are
increasing the frequency and intensity of disasters. Individuals, families, and communities must
take a proactive approach and behaviors to save lives, their communities,
their culture and heritage. |
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