Harris, Other Senators Float Sweeping EJ Bill Aligning With Biden Plan

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and a dozen other Senate Democrats are floating companion legislation with multiple environmental justice (EJ) provisions that aligns with a prior House proposal and the environmental platform of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Harris, along with Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the bill, S. 4401 , on Aug. 3. Known as the Environmental Justice for All Act, the measure is the upper chamber’s version of a House proposal floated this spring...