President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday a new Office of Environmental Justice to preserve “communities of color” from zoning restrictions and pollution, among other objectives.to the Department of Health and Human Services and will sit within the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity at HHS, according to Xavier Becerra, secretary of HHS.
White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory described the agency’s responsibilities as “prioritizing environmental justice.” She also said that not all communities in the United States have clean air and clean water. “By creating this new office and prioritizing environmental justice at HHS, Secretary Becerra is undertaking the type of bold institutional reform that is desperately needed to deliver clean air and clean water for all communities,” Mallory said. “Today’s announcement is a key step toward confronting environmental injustice – in all of its heartbreaking forms – with the full force and commitment of the Federal government.
Providing HHS’s Office of Civil Rights with environmental justice expertise to support compliance under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The announcement comes after Biden has been underfrom climate activists for not taking enough action on global warming. The pressure came to a head when the White House could not get Sen. Joe Manchin on board to pass a Green New Deal-like House proposal in the Senate.
“It should not surprise anyone that Senator Joe Manchin went on Fox News to kill the Build Back Better Act — he’s been promising to do it for months, and some folks did not want to believe him,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib said. “The Build Back Better legislation provides meaningful change by expanding health care, making child care more affordable, fighting climate change, delivering clean water and so much more.
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We don't need to enlarge the gov't & frivolously spend taxpayer money on such an unnecessary department. What an a$$ he is.
Yay. Because the federal government has solved sooooo many problems in the past
Ugh. Ridiculous
Becerra has agendas....he was like that in California...
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How bout knocking off the Enviromental Justice and bring good schools to the communities of color. They have been waiting for a long time.😢
Does that include white people?
Pure fabricated bs. It’s just cover to attack local zoning laws.
Wtf?!
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