Environmental Justice Developments in Minnesota and Michigan
Posted: June 25th, 2026
Author: Joe Sabato and Jess Black As environmental justice (EJ) considerations have been significantly deprioritized in the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) agenda, some may question whether environmental equity remains a viable regulatory priority. However, in states that […]
Read articleEnvironmental Justice Lookahead: Rollback of Environmental Justice at the Federal Level is Here
Posted: January 22nd, 2025
Environmental Justice (EJ) continued to be a cornerstone of the Biden administration in 2024, seeing the administration award nearly $2 billion in EJ and climate justice related funds to communities and award nearly $69 billion in […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Releases Draft Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts
Posted: December 3rd, 2024
On November 21, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published the long awaited draft Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts. This document, while perhaps meant to fulfill the main priority for the Biden administration to present […]
Read articleNEPA Changes – Climate Change and EJ evaluations
Posted: June 5th, 2024
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published the final rule on May 1, 2024, with Phase 2 revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Changes to NEPA include changing or replacing the word “impact” to “effect” for general clarity. […]
Read articleLegal Challenges Threaten United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Environmental Justice Agenda
Posted: February 6th, 2024
The U.S. EPA has been facing increasing pushback in the courts, threatening to derail their environmental justice (EJ) wins, and putting the administration’s ability to enforce its EJ agenda at risk. First, on January 19th, the Louisiana Court of Appeal […]
Read articleEnvironmental Justice: Looking Ahead to 2024
Posted: January 17th, 2024
2023 was another busy year in environmental justice (EJ) both at the federal and state levels. From the federal level, we saw a continuation of a lot of the elements from 2022 along with some new guidance and initiatives from […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Releases Several New Documents Related to Environmental Justice Policy
Posted: December 14th, 2023
On November 9th, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finalized the first major change to the cost benefit guide for regulatory changes in 20 years, including changes that address the benefits of greenhouse gas rules, and putting […]
Read articleAir and Waste Management Association Holds its First Annual Environmental Justice Conference
Posted: November 14th, 2023
A&WMA held its first annual conference on EJ in Arlington, VA on October 23rd and 24th. The conference had a different vibe than most of the environmental conferences industry attends and had two […]
Read articleNew Jersey Environmental Justice Rule Public Participation and Implications
Posted: October 26th, 2023
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published the final Environmental Justice Rule (EJ Rule) on April 17, 2023. The EJ Rule (N.J.A.C. 7:1C) was promulgated in response to New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law (EJ Law) that was signed […]
Read articleAdvancing Environmental Justice: New Jersey’s Approach to Addressing Cumulative Stressors
Posted: October 16th, 2023
Advancing Environmental Justice: New Jersey’s Approach to Addressing Cumulative Stressors On April 17, 2023, the final Environmental Justice (EJ) Rule (N.J.A.C. 7:1C) officially became effective in New Jersey (NJ). The overall goal of this EJ Rule is to avoid disproportionate […]
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