Posted on 09/24/2022 3:10:02 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WARRENTON, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited what is widely considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement Saturday to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities burdened by pollution.
Forty years after a predominantly Black community in Warren County, North Carolina, rallied against hosting a hazardous waste landfill, Michael Regan, the first Black administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced he is dedicating a new senior level of leadership to the environmental justice movement they ignited.
The Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights — comprised of more than 200 current staff members in 10 U.S. regions — will merge three existing EPA programs to oversee a portion of Democrats’ $60 billion investment in environmental justice initiatives created by the Inflation Reduction Act. The president will nominate an assistant administrator to lead the new office, pending Senate confirmation.
Biden has championed environmental justice as a centerpiece of his climate agenda since his first week in office, when he signed an executive order pledging 40% of the overall benefits from certain federal clean energy investments to disadvantaged communities overwhelmed by pollution.
Now, Regan said, this new office intertwines environmental justice with the central fabric of the EPA, equating it to other top offices like air and water, and cementing its principles in a way that will outlive the administration.
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Biden administration launches voter justice office , Na never happen
Another far left, commie lib lawsuit money machine. Somebody’s ass needs to be in prison for this crap.
Exactly right.
Will anyone lift a finger to stop it?
I’m sure Midge and his band of merry cohort RINOs are on it ;-)
Does this mean that I can sue the environment?
This is basically a Slush Fund to fill a lot of deep pockets.
They’re all taking all they can before the collapse, and it dries up.
Hope I don’t get arrested driving my Hummer H2.
“Biden has championed environmental justice as a centerpiece of his climate agenda since his first week in office, when he signed an executive order pledging 40% of the overall benefits from certain federal clean energy investments to disadvantaged communities overwhelmed by pollution.“
Martha’s Vineyard is number one on the list!
“a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities”
To corrupted Democrat cronies and grifters. The usual suspects.
Bye bye 3 billion dollars.
Ah it’s election time and Democrats going to the well again to shore up their support among black voters. How much of this money being targeted supposedly to help minority communities is going to get kicked back to the Democrat Party? Yeah, we know the answer to that.
Why do you think they won't do it again?
Republicans often when they gain power simply stop growing government instead of dismantling the excessively large government of prior liberal administrations.
This is just another of a LONG line of examples of this crud.
I hope the next Republican president eliminates departments and not just refuse to fill spots.
because they “use” that victim status to get guarantee political power, influence, and kick backs.
The environment, sure. But also animals, the homeless, minorities, women who were sexually harassed two decades ago, victims of 'historical injustice', 'undocumented refugees', the Clintons...
Sucks to be you if you have a bitch...
“I hope the next Republican president eliminates departments and not just refuse to fill spots.”
Next Republican President? whahahaha
Biden administration launches environmental justice graft office.
When DeSantis wins in 2024 end the entire thing.
Just in time to buy votes.
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