A broad array of environmental equity legislation aimed at protecting frontline communities from fossil fuel pollution.
President Biden's Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad targets clean electricity, federal vehicle fleets, frontline communities, HFC emissions, and fossil fuel leases and subsidies.
Sets statewide net-zero by 2050 target, strengthens protections of frontline communities, and would permit localities to enact natural gas bans.
Proposed 2020 legislation would create a variety of procedural safeguards to protect the interests of frontline communities in the legislative and regulatory process.
Establishes an Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement to help identify and address the disproportionate burden federal actions have on communities of color, low-income, rural, and Tribal communities.
Proposes a set of actions the executive branch can take to equitably address the climate crisis without new legislation, major new appropriations, or other Congressional authority.
Gives regulators the authority to deny permits for power plants, incinerators, sewage treatment facilities and trash-processing plants in low-income and minority communities.