My Testimony on the CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice: Protecting Frontline Communities
My Testimony on the CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice: Protecting Frontline Communities
Adrienne Hollis,
Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist | April 21, 2021, 10:40 am EDT
On Thursday, I testified before the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. I am sharing a significantly shortened version of my oral testimony in this blog, but I urge you to read my written testimony, complete with graphics, here. More importantly, the entire hearing was recorded, and you should watch it here.
The hearing discussed the importance of 11 legislative submissions on environmental justice communities, including Black people, Latinx people, Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples. The legislations included: H.R. 1512, the “Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s Future Act” or the “CLEAN Future Act”; H.R. 501, the “Climate Smart Ports Act”; H.R. 516, the “Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021”; H.R. 861, the “Alerting Localities of Environmental Risks and Threats Act of 2021”; H.R. 862, the “Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2021”; H.R. 2021, the “Environmental Justice for All Act”; H.R. 2394, the “Climate Justice Act of 2021”; H.R. 2396, the “Ensuring Safe Disposal of Coal Ash Act”; H.R. 2431, the “Voices for Environmental Justice Act”; H.R. 2434, the “Environmental Justice Act of 2021” ; and H.R. 2397, the “Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act of 2021”.