Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Rollback: DOJ Dismissed Suit Against Chemical Company Denka for Alleged Violations of Clean Air Act in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” March 7, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Rollback: DOJ Terminated First-Ever Office of Environmental Justice, Rescinded Joint EJ Enforcement Strategy with EPA February 5, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Rollback: DOJ Directed to “Narrow” Use of Disparate Impact Theories, Eliminate All Race- or Sex-Based Preferences February 5, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker Rollback: DOJ Prohibited Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) February 5, 2025
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker DOJ Clarified Agency’s Civil Rights Enforcement Authority in Response to Court Injunction September 19, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker DOJ Issued 2024 Environmental Justice Strategic Plan July 8, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker White House Released Agencies’ Climate Adaptation Plans June 20, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Created New Affirmative Civil Rights and Environmental Justice Unit March 4, 2024
Federal Environmental Justice Tracker DOJ Launched Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Environmental Crimes Task Force May 11, 2023