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Event to focus on rebuilding trust, reimagining justice and removing barriers
White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan will address a new federal focus on environmental justice and the connection to state efforts during the inaugural Michigan Environmental Justice Conference, set for May 18-20.
The three-day virtual conference will feature environmental justice experts, advocates, and business leaders, as well as government officials. It is free to attend, but registration is required.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and EPA Administrator Regan will jointly launch the conference at the opening plenary. Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist will serve as the second-day keynote speaker focusing on the intersection of the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities work and environmental justice in Michigan. White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mallory will serve as the keynote s
Event to focus on rebuilding trust, reimagining justice and removing barriers
White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan will address a new federal focus on environmental justice and the connection to state efforts during the inaugural Michigan Environmental Justice Conference, set for May 18-20.
The three-day virtual conference will feature environmental justice experts, advocates, and business leaders, as well as government officials. It is free to attend, but registration is required.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and EPA Administrator Regan will jointly launch the conference at the opening plenary. Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist will serve as the second-day keynote speaker focusing on the intersection of the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities work and environmental justice in Michigan. White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mallory will serve as the keynote s
“Cancer Alley” in L.A., in a mostly African American area, is rife with refineries, plastic plants and chemical facilities. Photo: Gines A. Sanchez
“To be poor means that you are living in environments that you don’t control,” said Donna Givens Davidson, president and CEO of Eastside Community Network in Detroit, and a new faculty member in the Earth Institute’s Master of Science in Sustainability Management program. “And it means that people who have more power and money have a way of using those environments for dumping, using those environments for waste. And then, because you don’t have political capital, you don’t even have the means to say, ‘Let’s create buffers and protect ourselves.’”
How the Biden Administration Can Modernize Environmental Review
February 11, 2021, 9:02 am
In the weeks following his inauguration, President Joe Biden has embarked on one of the largest economic recovery efforts in U.S. history. Central to this recovery will be an investment in major infrastructure buildouts, including transit, passenger rail, electricity grids, wind turbines, and much more. If the Biden administration is to successfully “Build Back Better,” however, it will have to address one of the largest environmental rollbacks in U.S. history the Trump administration’s gutting of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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President Biden made clear his intention to rectify and improve the implementation of NEPA when, on his first day in office, he signed an executive order directing the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to review the Trump-era NEPA regulations and consider suspending, revising, or rescinding them. This action will set int