Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), $60 billion in federal spending has been allocated towards advancing environmental justice efforts. This is the single-largest investment ever focused on closing the gap between racial and socioeconomic disparities in infrastructure and climate resilience.

John, this year will be a critical one to taking major strides in environmental justice work.

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), $60 billion in federal spending has been allocated towards advancing environmental justice efforts. This is the single-largest investment ever focused on closing the gap between racial and socioeconomic disparities in infrastructure and climate resilience.

This progress is long overdue. Low-income communities, and particularly communities of color, have long been overburdened by hazardous air and water pollution from power plants, waste sites, ports and freeways, and numerous other sources of pollution. And often these communities are the most vulnerable to the threats of climate change. But we know Speaker McCarthy is planning to block these funds to fulfill his climate-denying agenda, and we need to raise our calls to action to block out his noise. Will you add your name to call on the House to protect the environmental justice achievements we’ve made and pass even stronger policies this Congress?

Here’s just a few of the major initiatives to tackle in the fight for environmental justice this year:

  • Monitoring whether or not the new federal policies and investments will actually make it to low-income families and communities of color, where pollution meets the climate crisis frontlines.
  • Implementing the Justice40 Initiative, which directs federal agencies to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of their environmental and energy investments to disadvantaged communities.
  • Ensuring tribal communities have a seat at the table for projects planned on tribal lands.
  • Pass the Environmental Justice for All Act – a bill introduced by SEEC Member Rep. Raúl Grijalva and the late SEEC Vice Chair Rep. A. Donald McEachin. Passing this bill immediately will both honor Rep. McEachin’s legacy, and set the U.S. on a path to realizing the universal rights to clean air and water for everyone, once and for all.

Ultimately, every person in the United States should have the right to clean air, clean water, and an environment that enriches life. Tackling this environmental justice agenda will do just that. Now, our biggest barrier to getting positive legislation like the Environmental Justice for All Act passed in this Congress is Speaker McCarthy. Add your name to call on the House to ensure environmental justice policies are on the 118th Congress’ agenda.

In solidarity,

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