EPA equity advisers question Wheeler's 'risk communication' focus

Several members of EPA's environmental justice advisory panel are raising concerns about acting agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler's focus on improving “risk communication” on threats to vulnerable communities from pollution, fearing it could suggest EPA might use the approach to downplay risks to equity areas. “Risk communication is often code for trying to minimize the danger” that neighborhoods face, said EPA National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) member Nicky Sheats at an Aug. 15 panel meeting in Boston, according to Bloomberg...