Environmental Justice – Emerald – 9:30

Advancing Environmental Justice Through Literacy Training
Two of Three
( 9:30 – 10:30 1 hour session, Emerald Room)

Running-Grass EPA
Environmental Justice is the “fair treatment for all people of all races, cultures, and incomes, regarding the development of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”
Executive Order 12898, February 11, 1994

Over the last decade, attention to the impact of environmental pollution on particular segments of our society has been steadily growing. Concern that minority populations and/or low- income populations bear a disproportionate amount of adverse health and environmental effects, led to the issuance of Executive Order 12898 and focusing Federal agency attention on these issues.

Running Grass defines environmental justice for you and explains how it applies to your work.

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