Administration Touts Brownfields Grant Awards As Advancing Justice40

The Biden administration is touting its award of $254.5 million in brownfields grants funded in part by the bipartisan infrastructure law as successfully advancing its Justice40 Initiative, pointing out that approximately 86 percent of community recipients are planning projects in “historically underserved areas.” “This critical work will help advance President Biden’s Justice 40 initiative,” EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe said during a May 12 press briefing. Her comments appear to underscore how the administration is using the brownfields and other...