The White House on Tuesday unveiled a broad environmental justice mapping tool for agencies to pinpoint long-ignored communities burdened with pollution and climate change impacts, a key step for plans to direct billions of dollars under the Justice40 effort.
The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool will be used to identify “communities that have faced historic injustices” and ensure “they’re some of the first to see the benefits of climate action,” said Brenda Mallory, who chairs the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
The tool is currently listing more than 27,000 US communities as disadvantaged or partially disadvantaged, based on ...
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