Feb 5, 2025 · EPA's goal is to provide an environment where all people enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision-making process to maintain a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.

1 day ago · As a result, EPA has placed 171 employees in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility and Environmental Justice on administrative leave, 11 and 160, respectively. “Under President Trump, the EPA will be focused on our core mission to protect human health and the environment, while Powering the Great American Comeback.

Nov 5, 2024 · Environmental Justice Considerations in the NEPA Process. Federal agencies must consider environmental justice in their activities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Jan 23, 2025 · This office works with EPA's national programs and regional offices to integrate equity, environmental justice, and civil rights into its decision-making related to rules, permits, cleanups, and other core activities, as allowed by law.

Jan 2, 2025 · The EJ Strategic Plan advances EPA’s vision of environmental justice to ensure the just treatment and meaningful engagement of all people–regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability–in Agency decision-making and other EPA activities that affect human health and the environment.

Jan 24, 2025 · EPA released (August 2022) the interim Environmental Justice and Civil Rights in Permitting FAQs (PDF), which provide information to EPA, federal, tribal, state, and local environmental permitting programs on how to integrate environmental justice into their permitting processes. Find more resources for environmental justice and civil rights in ...

5 days ago · More than 160 environmental justice employees at the EPA are impacted nationwide, according to an internal EPA email obtained by CNN and confirmed by employees who were on the agency call and have ...

4 days ago · Environmental justice's growing EPA footprint–slashed For many years, environmental justice work at EPA had been housed in the small Office of Environmental Justice, staffed by a few dozen people.

Nov 8, 2024 · EPA Environmental Justice Research: development of data, tools, and other resources that advance the understanding of the dynamics that lead to increased environmental risks to certain communities. A gateway to EJ resources for partners and stakeholders.

Jan 11, 2021 · Learn about the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and read the Annual Environmental Justice Reports to learn how the Agency’s programs and resources serve vulnerable communities across the country.