Environmental Justice: Strengthening Protection for All Citizens
This bill aims to codify an existing executive order on environmental justice into law. This means that principles ensuring fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws and policies, will become a permanent part of the legal system. In practice, this could lead to greater health and environmental protection in communities historically more exposed to pollution.
Key points
Executive Order on environmental justice becomes law, ensuring its permanence.
Strengthening environmental and health protection for all communities, especially those most exposed to pollution.
Introduced
Citizen Poll