Former Top EPA EJ Officials Urge OMB To Take Justice40 Away From CEQ

Two former top EPA environmental justice (EJ) officials are recommending that the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) take over running and implementing the Biden administration’s Justice40 program from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), arguing that OMB has clear decision-making authority and an effective structure to engage executive branch agencies in the high-profile initiative. The officials, Chitra Kumar, who ran EPA’s Office of Policy, Partnerships & Program Development in the Office of Environmental Justice & External Civil...