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As Biden Eyes a Conservation Plan, Activists Fear Low-Income Communities and People of Color Could Be Left Out
A plan to conserve 30 percent of land and water in the United States by 2030 could help close “staggering” racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to nature.
December 21, 2020
Ellington Tardy, 9, enjoys the playground in his Orchard Valley neighborhood Nov. 5, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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President-elect Joe Biden has said that one of his first steps upon taking office will be to pass an executive order to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
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Trump team hurries to finish environmental rollbacks before Biden takes over Source: By Dino Grandoni, Washington Post • Posted: Sunday, December 13, 2020
The Trump administration’s effort to lock in dozens of environmental rule changes before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden is picking up speed ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Environmental activists, meanwhile, who have spent much of the past four years arguing these moves to ease regulatory burdens on business endanger public health and exacerbate climate change, are urging the incoming Biden team to quickly reverse the rollbacks.
Biden has promised to do just that once he takes office. But with these lame-duck final actions, that task gets a whole lot harder.