EPA Warns States Not To Use Federal Money To Advance EJ Programs

EPA is telling states that if they want to keep advancing their environmental justice (EJ) programs, they may not use agency money to do so, teeing up a potential conflict in Democratic-led states with such programs, including Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland. “If a state wishes to waste non-EPA taxpayer dollars on so-called ‘environmental justice’ instead of remediating environmental issues in their communities, that’s the state’s prerogative,” an EPA spokesperson says. “EPA is committed to...