President Biden on Friday will sign an executive order declaring 'environmental justice' a priority at federal agencies. It creates a new Office of Environmental Justice that will be led by a Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer, tasked with overseeing environmental justice goals across government. The order is meant to ensure lower income people and minorities do not suffer 'disproportionate environmental harms,' particularly those inflicted due to a 'legacy of racial discrimination including redlining.'
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