A Justice40 initiative seeks to have 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain government spending flow to historically disadvantaged communities - i.e. polluted with poor housing stock and transportation options. Image: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffOMB has posted the second version, covering fiscal 2023, of actions by two dozen major agencies under the Biden administration’s environmental justice initiatives.
The second Environmental Justice Scorecard “describes the impacts and benefits of more than $600 billion in federal investments” over fiscal years 2022-2027, said a White House fact sheet, which meanwhile summarized nearly $5 billion in new funding awards from programs covered by its Justice40 Initiative.
That initiative, announced in 2021, seeks to have 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain government spending—including various forms of grants, direct payments and procurement of goods or services for the government’s use—flow to historically disadvantaged communities, defined as those that are historically marginalized and overburdened by pollution and underinvestment in housing, transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure, and health care.
The fact sheet also highlighted recent actions including:
* recommendations for agencies to “identify and address longstanding barriers and data gaps that relate to environmental justice”;
* an interagency memo of understanding to “facilitate robust and effective interagency coordination on environmental justice”; and
* the launch of environmentaljustice.gov, which includes information for communities to “navigate federal programs and advance environmental justice in their neighborhoods.”
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