2021Environmental Justice for All ActFebruary 15, 2022Amy Laura CahnVisiting Professor and Director, Environmental Justice ClinicVermont Law School, South Royalton, VermontI am a Visiting Professor and Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic at Vermont Law School. For far too long, this nation has denied People of Color, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and low-income communities — environmental justice communities — the right to a healthy environment. As a result, environmental justice communities are far less likely to benefit from environmental and social determinants of health that mitigate environmental burdens, including1. In the absence of comprehensive environmental justice laws, environmental justice communities must rely on a patchwork of statutes, regulations, and executive orders insufficient to address structural inequality. "); U.S. Comm'n on Civil Rights, Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency's Compliance and Enforcement of Title VI and Executive Order 12,898, at 2 (2016) ("U.S. Comm'n on Civil Rights Environmental Justice Report") ("The [United States Commission on Civil Rights], academics, environmental justice organizations, and news outlets have extensively criticized EPA's management and handling of its Title VI external compliance program.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2022 16:45 UTC