Environmental justice activists are applauding Joe Biden’s clean energy plan, unveiled Tuesday, because of how it focuses on communities of color that have long suffered from exposure to pollution.
The plan by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee would create a special division of the EPA and Justice Department that would focus on safeguarding front-line communities that are most exposed to pollution. The agencies would be empowered to pursue criminal anti-pollution claims and hold corporate executives personally accountable, including the possibility of jail time, for legal violations.
The former vice president also wants to put senior environmental justice staffers on ...
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