EPA’s new EJ Strategic Plan outlines the Agency’s commitment to achieve tangible progress in the health and environmental protection for communities across the country.
The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights is excited to announce the release of the Environmental Justice Strategic Plan (EJ Strategic Plan). This EJ Strategic Plan is part of EPA’s efforts to implement Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, which directs all Federal agencies in the executive branch to exercise leadership and pursue a whole-of-government approach to further the Federal government’s efforts to deliver real and measurable progress for environmental justice.
This EJ Strategic Plan outlines three goals to guide EPA’s work to achieve tangible progress in the health and environmental protection for communities across the country—including communities that are vulnerable, underinvested, and/or overburdened. These three goals include:
- Promote Environmental Justice and Civil Rights at the Federal, Tribal, State, Local, and Community Levels;
- Embed Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights into the EPA’s Programs, Policies, and Activities; and
- Strengthen External Civil Rights Enforcement to Protect Access to a Healthy Environment for All People.
To learn more about the EJ Strategic Plan, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-strategic-plan
Background
This EJ Strategic Plan builds upon the substantive work accomplished by the Agency’s previous environmental justice strategic plans, such as Plan EJ 2014 (FY 2010 – FY 2014) and the EJ 2020 Action Plan (FY 2016 – FY 2020). EPA will work to advance compliance with our nation’s environmental and civil rights laws to ensure the just treatment and meaningful engagement of people—regardless of income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affiliation, or disability—in Agency decision-making and other EPA activities that affect human health and the environment. This EJ Strategic Plan also advances Executive Orders 14057, 14091, 14008, and 13895 to protect public health and tackle the climate crisis.
