Biden Aims Billions of Dollars at Environmental Inequity Fight

President Joe Biden is looking to send an unprecedented amount of federal funding to help people living in areas that have been disproportionately harmed by air pollution, contaminated water, and other environmental impacts.

Biden’s $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan includes a host of transit, clean water, and other infrastructure projects repeatedly framed as tackling environmental and racial equity, including big funding increases that would particularly benefit low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

His plan comes on the heels of a just-passed $1.9 trillion stimulus package that included funds for air pollution monitoring and other environmental justice action, on top of stimulus ...