Environmental Justice

On April 21, 2023, the President signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14096, Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, to further embed environmental justice into the work of Federal agencies and ensure that all people can benefit from the vital safeguards enshrined in the Nation’s foundational environmental and civil rights laws. Among other objectives, this executive order charges each agency to make achieving environmental justice part of its mission consistent with the agency’s statutory authority. E.O. 14096 builds upon efforts to advance environmental justice and equity consistent with the policy advanced in documents including E.O. 14008, and supplements the foundational efforts of E.O. 12898 to deliver environmental justice to communities across America. CEQ issued guidance (1997) for agencies on addressing environmental justice in the NEPA process.

For current information on environmental justice, visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/environmentaljustice/.

• Executive Order 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, April 21, 2023
  • White House Fact Sheet: FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Revitalize Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All | The White House, April 21, 2023
  • A New Environmental Justice Playbook for Federal Agencies | CEQ | The White House
• Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, January 27, 2021
  • Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (November 2022)
  • Explore el mapa - Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (geoplatform.gov)
  • Environmental Justice Scorecard (geoplatform.gov)
• Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, February 11, 1994
  • Presidential Memorandum, President William Clinton, February 11, 1994
• CEQ Guidance: Environmental Justice: Guidance under the National Environmental Policy Act, December 10, 1997
• Report of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (EJ IWG): Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews, March 2016
• EPA Office of Environmental Justice Annual Progress Reports