The Trump administration’s move to eliminate E.P.A. offices responsible for compensating communities affected by disproportionately high pollution is a staggered response to decades of efforts to ease environmental burdens on marginalized neighborhoods, according to Lee Zeldin, E.P.A. Administrator.
Viewed by The New York Times, Zeldin inadvertently through his memo suggested reorganizing and eliminating the offices at 10 regional offices, including the one in Washington. He emphasized the extent to which the E.P.A. has been timelessly pausing for the general public to fix themselves, while communities near highways, power plants, and industrial facilities, which are more likely issues, bear the brunt of their pollution.
Studies suggest that formulas in some communities of living in areas with poor pollution are linked to higher rates of asthma, heart disease, and so on, compared with healthier, more diverse populations. Matthew Tejada, former E.P.A. official and VP for environmental health at the Natural Resources Defense Council,Ware himself against the administration’s call for clarity.
Molly Vaseliou of E.P.A. described theMemo as "organizational improvements" that align with Trump’s stance on reducing waste, diversity, equity, and inclusion. She noted that environmental justice, as Zeldin defined it—raincludding race, color, religion, and income—equates to "forced discrimination."
Zeldin called President Trump’s target an election mandate to abandon discrimination, reiterating his assertion that环保 should not be about politics.聞く from other E.P.A. officials, he emphasized "tax dollars and do everything in our power to deliver clean air, land, and water to every American, regardless of race, religion, background, etc."
Denying a complete immunity to report that environmental justice is palliative discrimination, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., highlighted that such programs prescribed race-conscious decision-making and then confined individuals to workplace requirements: "As Administrator Zeldin has said, we will be good stewards of tax dollars and do everything in our power to deliver clean air, land, and water to every American, regardless of race, religion, background, or creed."
Today, the E.P.A. canceled hundreds of grants, including those aimed at environmental justice, but some employees say their namares are expected to be undone once again if Zeldin steps again.
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Biden administration’s record in that domain is overshadowed by a lawsuit against a petrochemical plant that dramatically increased cancer risk in predominantly Black communities in Louisiana. The E.P.A. withdrew the case citation documents; align with Administrator Lee Zeldin’s pledge to end the use of environmental justice as a tool for advancing ideological priorities.
"Looking to the future, this doesn’t make Average American healthier or more favorable," said Tejada. "It makes us sicker, smaller, and worse than before. A decade of backDenial."
