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Environmental Justice Update: The Justice40 Initiative

Soon after taking office, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, entitled, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This is an unusually long and complex executive order and includes many provisions relating...more

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Environmental Justice Update: Louisiana Decision Upholds Use of EPA Emergency Powers

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Louisiana has been at the center of the Biden Administration’s prioritization of environmental justice (EJ) issues. In United States v. Denka Performance Elastomer, the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion by the...more

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President Biden Presents a Roadmap for Mitigating the Climate Crisis

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A new national strategy report aims to combat climate-related risks to the US financial system. On October 14, 2021, the Biden Administration issued “A Roadmap to Build a Climate-Resilient Economy” (the Roadmap), a...more

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Follow the Money – What the Biden Budget Tells Us About Environmental Priorities

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On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget sent the Biden Administration’s Discretionary Budget Request to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D.-VT, chairman of the Appropriations Committee (Biden Budget) This $1.5 Trillion...more

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Environmental Justice Rises to the Forefront of EPA Policy

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EPA and OMB issue directives and propose an initial budget for the Biden Administration’s EJ initiatives - With the Biden Administration’s appointees now in place, environmental justice (EJ) is moving to the forefront of...more

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President Biden’s ‘Modernizing Regulatory Review’ Memorandum

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Much of the attention in President Joseph Biden’s executive actions in his first 100 days has been focused on his numerous executive orders on topics ranging from climate and COVID-19 to race and gender. Although these...more

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