Posted on 05/05/2022 5:39:39 PM PDT by bitt
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the launch of a new Justice Department office to advance President Biden’s environmental justice agenda.
The new Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) will oversee climate and pollution laws. The office will also oversee compensation for victims hurt by violations of federal environmental laws, payouts that were eliminated during the Trump administration.
“For far too long, these communities have faced barriers to accessing the justice they deserve,” Mr. Garland said. “In our environmental efforts, we will prioritize the cases that will have the greatest impact on the communities most overburdened by environmental harm.”
The actions he outlined represented a key part of the administration’s strategy to unilaterally advance a climate and environmental justice agenda in the face of gridlock in Congress.
The OEJ will work with Justice’s civil rights division. Cynthia Ferguson, an attorney from the department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, will serve as the acting director of the new office.
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Is this from the Babylon Bee?
“The office will also oversee compensation for victims hurt by violations of federal environmental laws, payouts that were eliminated during the Trump administration.”
Isn’t this why we have a judiciary? If someone harms another by say polluting another’s land or farm then the case goes to court, right?
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R egulating
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They speak “for the trees”!
The only form of justice that comes out of the U.S. Department of Justice, is INJUSTICE.
.......Austin did this, put me (as a developer) through 3 jury trials. LIBERAL Austin jurors voted in my favor at all three one day trials.
Cost me $25,000.00 in attorney fees.
They finally gave up.
My dogs poop in my yard,,,,,
Come and arrest me, please!!!
Justice means “revenge”
Punish our enemies and reward$$$ our friends.
“””Garland said. “In our environmental efforts, we will prioritize the cases that will have the greatest impact on the communities most overburdened by environmental harm.””””
Gee. I wonder if those communities who vote for Democrats will be given the highest priority??????
You have to admit, they will be riding down the Democrat party to the end.
The next President will need to do a really serious housecleaning, if anyone is stupid enough to be working in the Executive branch after the layoffs and paycuts starting in 2023.
Time to go to DC and have a good old fashioned tire fire
Will upper middle class white people be able to SUE Minorities in Minority neighborhoods for the crime their community creates and brings to our neighborhoods? Wouldn’t that also be “Environmental Justice”?
in that case disband EPA - remove it and save a ton of taxpayer money!!
While everyone is transfixed by Biden’s bumbling, Garland and the DHS guy have been stealing the country.
That’s why Biden smirks.
I suspect when they make up new words and phrases, it really means they want to punish somebody. For example "equity."
The sheeple are grazing peacefully, thereby supporting the communist tyranny at every new turn...
On the bright side, according to Ronald Reagan's warning, we only have 999 years of dark tyranny left to endure...
Everyone just needs to:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...
Did anything ever happen to the EPA that released the acidic chemicals into a river from a mining cave?
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