EPA Report Linking Climate, EJ May Lay Groundwork For Future Policy

EPA’s first-time report estimating the additional risks that environmental justice (EJ) communities face from climate change impacts may be laying the groundwork for future policies incorporating these findings but stops short of providing all the tools necessary to craft rules in a way that will provide extra benefits to the communities, sources say. “I can see why people might be disappointed that EPA didn’t take this to the next step, but I think they did exactly the right thing because...