The EPA will create a new national office of environmental justice to address the disproportionate harm that pollution and climate change has caused in low-income areas and communities of color, the agency announced
Michael Regan, the EPA administrator and the first Black man to run the agency, announced the creation of the office with environmental justice and civil rights leaders on Saturday in Warren County, North Carolina, according to a department statement.
” The new national office will combine three smaller midlevel offices of environmental justice, civil rights and conflict prevention and resolution into one high-level office with a Senate-confirmed assistant administrator who reports directly to the agency administrator, according to the agency statement. Biden is expected to select a nominee for this office at a later date.
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