Environmental Justice for All Act, introduced by U S Representative Grijalva
in February 2020:
H. R. 5986 : . "To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile
environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the establishment of the
Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement,
and for other purposes.”
“It would
also require federal agencies to consider health effects that might compound
over time when making permitting decisions under the federal Clean Air and
Clean Water acts.”
U S Senator Kamala D. Harris is
joining Representative Grijalva, Representative McEachin, and dozens of congressional colleagues,
environmental justice groups, and community leaders in introducing the Environmental
Justice for All Act. https://www.harris.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EJ%20for%20All%20Act%20-%201%20pager.pdf
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