{"id":1917893,"date":"2023-04-22T00:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-order-revitalizing-us-commitment-to-environmental-justice\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T01:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T05:05:29","slug":"biden-signs-order-revitalizing-us-commitment-to-environmental-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-order-revitalizing-us-commitment-to-environmental-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Signs Order \u2018Revitalizing\u2019 US Commitment to \u2018Environmental Justice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-signs-order-revitalizing-us-commitment-to-environmental-justice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0421\/6a91b55d-e500-4abc-a45d-f4d2afd0c078\/audio.mp3?length=3944781&#038;duration=329\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden signed an executive order on April 21 to \u201crevitalize\u201d America\u2019s commitment to \u201cenvironmental justice for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnvironmental justice will be the mission of the entire government woven directly into how we work with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments,\u201d Biden said in remarks at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The order tells executive branch agencies to use data and scientific research to understand how pollution hurts people\u2019s health, so that work can be done to limit any damage. Under the order, executive agencies would be required to inform nearby communities if toxic substances were released from a federal facility.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the announcement, Vice President Kamala Harris is separately traveling to Miami, Florida, to announce $562 million to help protect communities against the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/04\/21\/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-executive-order-to-revitalize-our-nations-commitment-to-environmental-justice-for-all\/\">White House statement<\/a>, the executive order is part of the Biden\u2013Harris administration\u2019s whole-of-government effort to confront \u201clongstanding environmental injustices and inequities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor far too long, communities across our country have faced persistent environmental injustice through toxic pollution, underinvestment in infrastructure and critical services, and other disproportionate environmental harms often due to a legacy of racial discrimination including redlining. These communities with environmental justice concerns face even greater burdens due to climate change,\u201d\u00a0the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Harris believe that every person has a right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy community\u2014now and into the future. During his first week in office, President Biden launched the most ambitious environmental justice agenda in our nation\u2019s history. To continue delivering on that vision, today the President will sign an executive order further embedding environmental justice into the work of federal agencies to achieve real, measurable progress that communities can count on,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>Under the order,\u00a0all executive branch agencies will need to incorporate \u201cthe pursuit of environmental justice\u201d into their missions while agencies will be directed to\u00a0consider measures to address and prevent disproportionate and adverse environmental and health impacts on communities, including those related to the impacts of\u00a0pollution and \u201cother burdens like climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4568562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 600px;\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5210208\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20\/id5210208-2.tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI580YG-FILEDIMAGE-1200x746.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris (R) speaks with SemaConnect CEO Mahi Reddy at the Prince George\u2019s County Brandywine Maintenance Facility during a visit to announce the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan, in Brandywine, Md., on Dec. 13, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018Racism a Fundamental Driver\u2019 of Environmental Injustice<\/h2>\n<p>Agencies will also have to notify\u00a0nearby communities in the event of a release of toxic substances from a federal facility and share information about such a release like possible health risks or necessary precautions, with the public.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s order also recognizes \u201cthat racism is a fundamental driver of environmental injustice\u201d and directs agencies to \u201cactively facilitate meaningful public participation and just treatment of all people in agency decision-making\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also directs federal agencies to make scientific data and information on environmental and health concerns more publicly accessible to communities,\u00a0adds agencies to the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council to help further the governments strategy to address climate \u201cinjustice,\u201d and charges federal agencies with conducting new assessments regarding their\u00a0environmental justice efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The order is in sharp contrast to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republicans-introduce-major-reform-package-to-restore-us-energy-independence_5130205.html\">proposals<\/a> by\u00a0Republican lawmakers that passed last month aimed at\u00a0restoring\u00a0America\u2019s energy independence and lower costs amid soaring energy prices.<\/p>\n<p>Under those proposals,\u00a0environmental regulations would be scaled down and oil and gas drilling would be expanded, with\u00a0fossil fuel projects being fast-tracked and Biden banned from\u00a0declaring a\u00a0moratorium on the use of fracking\u00a0unless such a moratorium is authorized by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) also unveiled GOP proposals to address the debt ceiling\u2014which includes huge cuts to government spending\u2014as Washington remains in a deadlock over the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has refused to negotiate with Republicans on the matter and has said that any spending cuts will only happen once the\u00a0debt limit is raised.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5204120\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 600px;\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_5204120\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/18\/id5204120-McCarthy-e1681786869792-1-1200x672.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) addresses Americans in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washingt<\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden signed an executive order on April 21 to \u201crevitalize\u201d America\u2019s commitment to \u201cenvironmental justice for all.\u201d \u201cEnvironmental justice will be the mission of the entire government woven directly into how we work with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments,\u201d Biden said in remarks at the White House. 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