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April 21, 2023
Contact: [email protected], 301-613-4767

CLIMATE JUSTICE LEADERS APPLAUD PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE ORDER
EXPANDING FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN FEDERAL AGENCY PLANNING

_SAYS ACTION WOULD NOT HAVE COME WITHOUT PERSISTENT ADVOCACY FROM FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT AS THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
COHERENT CLIMATE POLICY & AN END TO FOSSIL FUELS_

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WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, President Biden signs Revitalizing Our Nation’s
Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, an executive order
strengthening and  expanding interagency coordination around environmental
justice.  

IN REACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT, OZAWA BINESHI ALBERT, CO-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AT THE CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANC [3], A NATIONAL NONPROFIT
REPRESENTING 89  RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORTING NETWORKS, ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: 
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_“Today’s executive order is the result of nearly two decades of
organizing by the environmental justice movement. From the original
Environmental Justice Executive Order declared under President Clinton in
1994, we have come a long way thanks to frontline organizing power! This
win belongs to our communities who have been on the frontlines of the
climate crisis, creating solutions, building local power, and engaging
lawmakers for decades._

_“President Biden’s new executive order expands environmental justice
decision-making processes to all federal agencies, embedding environmental
justice considerations into  future planning and development. _

_“For too long, these considerations were seen as something that should
fall under the purview  of the Environmental Protection Agency or the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) but now environmental justice must
be a concern for all._

_“However, as we celebrate today’s victory, WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
BIDEN HAS COME TO BE KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE FOSSIL FUEL PRESIDENT, HAVING
APPROVED MORE DRILLING PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND  THAN TRUMP DURING THEIR
FIRST TWO YEARS IN OFFICE. THE RECENT APPROVAL OF HARMFUL, EXTRACTIVE
DRILLING LEASES SUCH AS THE WILLOW PROJECT IN ALASKA, IN THE GULF AND THE
LNG PIPELINE, DEMONSTRATE THE NEED FOR COHERENT AND ALIGNED POLICIES THAT
MOVE US TOWARD A TRULY JUST TRANSITION, NOT AN EXPANSION OF  FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE._

_"We will continue to ensure that this step forward isn’t just
performative. The new office of environmental justice must ensure strong,
consistent procedures are implemented across agencies moving forward. _

_"Our communities will continue to organize to stop false solutions,
support regenerative economic solutions, and ensure that justice and equity
are codified and implemented at the rate and speed needed to meet the
moment.”_

                                               
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_Climate Justice Alliance is a member-led organization of 89 urban and
rural frontline communities, organizations and support networks in the
climate justice movement. We work to build real solutions to the climate
crisis through building local, living, regenerative economies while also
organizing against the harmful practice of using frontline communities as
sacrifice zones._

Climate Justice Alliance

1960A University Ave
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States


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