House Panel Eyes Broad Climate ‘Justice’ Provisions For Infrastructure Bill

House Democrats are weighing a wide range of measures addressing climate impacts on minority and low-income neighborhoods in their upcoming infrastructure legislation, including measures to bolster waste cleanups, tighten coal ash disposal rules, reform permitting and strengthening enforcement of EPA rules, among other proposals. Member of the House Energy and Commerce environment and climate change subcommittee held an April 15 legislative hearing on the Democrats’ so-called CLEAN Future Act, a broad climate bill aimed at achieving President Joe Biden’s goal...