WHEJAC Members Seek Race-Related Metrics To Bolster EJ Screening Tool

White House advisors are urging officials to improve the beta version of their screening tool that is being used to prioritize underserved communities for environmental justice (EJ) funding, including renewing calls to include race as a metric as well as a range of other race-related metrics, such as redlining data and foreclosure rates, they say could bolster the tool. In April 22 comments to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC)...