Goffman Touts EPA ‘High Priority’ Equity, Air Pollution Strategy For Ports

Acting EPA air policy chief Joe Goffman is touting the “high priority” the agency and the Biden administration are giving to achieving environmental and social equity improvements at ports, and specifically the importance of reducing air pollution from diesel trucks, trains and shipping that afflicts communities living nearby. During an April 9 virtual briefing on EPA’s ports program, Goffman said cutting air pollution from ports “is of extremely high priority to Administrator [Michael] Regan and the Biden-Harris administration." He said...