WHEJAC Presses Other Agencies On Cumulative Impact Research Work

Members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) are pressing top Biden administration officials to fund work on assessing cumulative impacts of pollution and other adverse health factors even as EPA -- which is at the forefront of the effort -- struggles with the issue. For example, during a June 5 meeting with members of the White House Interagency Council on Environmental Justice (IAC), WHEJAC panelist Peggy Shepard of WE ACT for Environmental Justice in Harlem asked John...