Groups Urge Next Administration To Create Robust EJ Mapping Tool

Progressive groups are calling for policymakers to create a new environmental justice (EJ) mapping tool that is more robust than EPA’s current EJSCREEN, a measure supporters say would complement calls from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, for agencies to assess their policies’ effects on disadvantaged communities. The groups, including Demos, a progressive think tank, and the Evergreen Action Plan, former staffers on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s (D) failed presidential campaign, are urging “the next Administration to launch...