[CPEO-BIF] Federal Agencies Announce Envronmental Justice Strategies

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S  EPA
February 27, 2012

Obama Administration Announces Commitments to Protect the Health of  
Every American/Agencies publish environmental justice strategies  
designed to ensure that all communities are protected from  
environmental harm and benefit from federal programs


WASHINGTON - Today, federal agencies, led by the Council on  
Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection  
Agency (EPA), released environmental justice strategies,  
implementation plans and progress reports, outlining steps agencies  
will take to protect communities facing greater health and  
environmental risks. These strategies represent a significant step  
forward in the Administrationâs commitment to integrating  
environmental justice into federal decision-making and programs in  
areas such as transportation, labor, health services, housing and  
others.



"Working together we have been able to make environmental justice a  
focus not just for EPA, but for agencies across the administration.  
Each of our federal partners plays a unique role in serving the  
American people, and each has a unique opportunity to ensure that our  
communities get the health and environmental protections they  
deserve," said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator  
Lisa P. Jackson. "If we aspire to build an economy and a society that  
works for every American, we can't allow the heaviest burdens of  
pollution and health threats to fall on our poorest citizens.  
Bringing together our federal partners to tackle these challenges is  
a major step toward health, environmental and economic benefits in  
communities across the nation."


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/ 
d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/cd2d72a02dda6281852579b100516ff3! 
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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