Biden Administration Environmental Justice Focus: Enforcement Impact | Vinson & Elkins LLP
The Biden administration identified environmental justice (“EJ”) as a campaign priority 1 and the Biden-Harris team has continually emphasized its commitment to environmental justice, stating that the administration would “[e]nsure that environmental justice is a key consideration in” among other things “righting wrongs in communities that bear the brunt of pollution.” 2 How the incoming administration translates its policy statements into action that directly impacts the regulated community in the enforcement context remains an open question. There is a well-established framework...
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