Environmental Justice Tracker – Environmental and Energy Law Program

USDA Issued Final Rule on Heirs’ Property Relending Program

September 20, 2024

USDA and DOI Released Joint Secretarial Order on Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes

September 20, 2024

USDA Announced Inaugural Federal Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture

September 20, 2024

White House Released Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Rural Playbook

September 20, 2024

USDA Released its Equity Action Plan

September 20, 2024

USDA and DOI Signed Inter-Governmental Cooperative Agreements with Tribal Nations

September 20, 2024

USDA Released Plans for Reforestation, Climate Adaptation, including New Resources from BIL

September 20, 2024

USDA Changed the Organizational Structure of the Office of Tribal Relations

September 20, 2024

USDA and EPA Announced Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Communities

September 20, 2024

USDA Released its Strategic Roadmap for Increasing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

September 20, 2024

Commerce, DOI, and USDA Announced Steps for Tribal Co-stewardship

September 20, 2024

USDA Announced Partnership with the National Urban League

September 20, 2024

USDA Renewed Partnership with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)

September 20, 2024

Xochitl Torres Small is nominated to serve as USDA’s Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

September 20, 2024

USDA Received Recommendations Improve Agency Inclusion and Access

September 20, 2024

USDA Appointed First Permanent Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO)

September 20, 2024

USDA Released MOU with EPA, DOI, and CDC on Minimizing Impacts of Wildfire Smoke

September 20, 2024

USDA announced the Working Lands Climate Corps (WLCC) to Train Young People in Climate-Smart Agriculture

September 20, 2024

GSA Updated Environmental, Social Criteria for Acquiring Agency Real Estate

September 20, 2024

Treasury And IRS Issued Guidance on Labor for Construction of Energy Efficient Buildings

September 19, 2024

Treasury and IRS Issued Final Rule and Guidance on Low-Income Solar and Wind Energy Credits

September 19, 2024

Treasury Issued Final Rule Incorporating Disaster Preparedness and Climate Resilience in Community Development

September 19, 2024

Treasury and IRS Proposed Rule to Clarify Energy Property Qualifying for IRA’s Tax Credits

September 19, 2024

Treasury and IRS issued guidance for IRA’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

September 19, 2024

Treasury, DOE, and IRS Issue Guidance on IRA Programs

September 19, 2024

UN Convention on Biological Diversity Adopted Agreement to Protect Lands and Waters

September 19, 2024

Department of State Issued a Statement on Principles for Environmental, Social, and Governance Standards in Mineral Rich African Nations

September 19, 2024

FPISC Proposed Rule “Mining” Definition under FAST-41

September 19, 2024

Permitting Council Requested Comments on the Environmental Review Improvement Fund Tribal Assistance Program (ERIF TAP)

September 19, 2024

Commerce Released Equity Action Plan

September 19, 2024

NOAA Selected Communities for the Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign

September 19, 2024

NOAA Published ANPRM on Guidelines for Fisheries Management

September 19, 2024

NOAA Requested Input to Enhance Delivery of Climate Services

September 19, 2024

NOAA Proposed the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

September 19, 2024

NOAA and DOI Signed MOU on Environmental Stewardship

September 19, 2024

NOAA, USDA Released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)

September 19, 2024

White House Announced New Initiatives to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

September 19, 2024

DOL Proposed Rule to Remove Barriers on Considering ESG Factors

September 19, 2024

OSHA Launched a National Emphasis Program for Heat

September 19, 2024

DOL Released its 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 19, 2024

DOL Added Programs to the Justice40 Initiative

September 19, 2024

DOL Proposed a Rule under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

September 19, 2024

DOL Sought Public Input on Updating its Environmental Justice Strategy

September 19, 2024

DOL Proposed Revision to Regulatory Standards on Self-Insurance by Coal Mine Operators

September 19, 2024

DOL Issued a Final Rule Amending Methodology for Determining Adverse Effect Wage Rates

September 19, 2024

OSHA Announced Increased Inspections and Enforcement

September 19, 2024

DOL Finalized New Rule to Bolster Protections for Temporary Farmworkers

September 19, 2024

DOL Joined Agreement to Implement American Climate Corps

September 19, 2024

Department of Labor Issued Final Rule Reducing Miners’ Silica Dust Exposure

September 19, 2024

OSHA Issued Proposed Rule to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

September 19, 2024

FERC Reverted Back to Earlier Natural Gas Infrastructure Development Review Policy

September 19, 2024

FERC Issued Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-26

September 19, 2024

FERC Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 19, 2024

FERC Rule on Interstate Electric Transmission Line Siting Regulations

September 19, 2024

President Biden Announced Wilie Phillips as Chair of FERC

September 19, 2024

FERC Approved Two Cold Weather Reliability Standards

September 19, 2024

FERC Appointed Acting Director of New Office of Public Participation

September 19, 2024

New Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity Appointed

September 19, 2024

FERC Issued Order Granting Mountain Valley Pipeline a Three-Year Extension

September 19, 2024

FERC Announced New Policy on Tribal Consent as Prerequisite for Issuing Preliminary Project Permits on Tribal Lands

September 19, 2024

EEOC Reached Settlement over Pipeline Company’s Workplace Abuse

September 19, 2024

Department of Defense Released its First Equity Action Plan

September 19, 2024

Army Corps Sought Comment on Effort to Modernize Civil Works Program

September 19, 2024

Army Corps Proposed Rule Introducing a Framework to Evaluate Proposed Water Resource Investments

September 19, 2024

DOT Requested Information on Implementation of Title VI

September 19, 2024

DOT Released a Meaningful Public Involvement Guide for Funding Recipients

September 18, 2024

DOT Released its 2021 Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan

September 18, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration Released its Climate Action Plan

September 18, 2024

Secretaries Buttigieg and Haaland Signed a Memorandum of Understanding

September 17, 2024

DOT Released its 2022-26 Strategic Plan

September 17, 2024

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Issued a Final Rule on Fuel Economy Standards

September 17, 2024

DOT Announced the Inclusion of 39 Programs in the Justice40 Initiative

September 17, 2024

DOT Re-Established Seven Regional Centers for the Regional Tribal Technical Assistance Program

September 17, 2024

DOT Released its Research, Development, and Technology Strategic Plan

September 17, 2024

DOT Launched the Equitable Transportation Community Explorer

September 17, 2024

DOT Announced 24 members to the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE)

September 17, 2024

DOT Released its 2023 Equity Action Plan

September 17, 2024

DOT Released Its 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 17, 2024

DOE Announced Clean Energy Corps

September 16, 2024

DOE Announced Update to Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing

September 16, 2024

DOE Published Report of Responses to RFI on Inclusive Climate Innovation

September 16, 2024

DOE Affirmed Commitment to Purchase Clean Power from Tribes

September 16, 2024

DOE Let National Coal Council Charter Lapse to Refocus the Council on Coal Workers and Communities

September 16, 2024

DOE launched Interagency Effort to Rebuild and Modernize Puerto Rico’s Electrical Grid

September 16, 2024

DOE Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 16, 2024

DOE Announced Interagency Measures for Increasing Clean Energy Jobs and Decreasing Energy Bills

September 16, 2024

DOE Released Data Supplementing the 2022 US Energy and Employment Report

September 16, 2024

HUD Issued IFR Reinstating 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule

September 16, 2024

HUD Published its Climate Action Plan

September 16, 2024

GAO Recommended HUD Collect and Publish Demographic Data from CDBG-DR Aid Recipients

September 16, 2024

HUD and DOE Announced the Better Climate Challenge

September 16, 2024

HUD Released Report on Lack of Flood Insurance for Many FHA Backed Loans

September 16, 2024

HUD Released the 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 16, 2024

HUD Announced Data Sharing Agreement between FEMA and HUD

September 16, 2024

HUD Released Guidance for Connecting to Local Community Solar

September 16, 2024

HUD Requested Information to Develop its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP)

September 16, 2024

HUD Announced the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) Program

September 16, 2024

HUD Announced FHA-Insured Homeowners Can Obtain Private Flood Insurance Policies

September 16, 2024

HUD Finalized Rule for Section 184 of the Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program

September 16, 2024

HUD Updated Rate Reduction Initiative (RRI) Guidance to Reduce Utility Costs in Public Housing

September 16, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Released US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

September 16, 2024

HUD Created Two New Offices for Disaster Recovery

September 16, 2024

HUD Released Guidance for CDBG-DR Grantees to Comply with Civil Rights Laws

September 16, 2024

HUD Requested Public Comment on Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)

September 16, 2024

HUD Proposed Rule to Promote Economic Development in Underserved Communities

September 16, 2024

HUD Issued Notice Seeking Information for the Relocation Options Study

September 16, 2024

HUD Issued Final Rule to Implement Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) for HUD-Assisted Buildings

September 16, 2024

HUD and USDA Adopted Updated Energy Efficiency Standards for New Affordable Housing

September 16, 2024

HUD Issued Guidance on Use of HUD Funding for Heat Mitigation in Public Housing

September 16, 2024

Administrator Regan Directs EPA Leadership to Strengthen Enforcement in Overburdened Communities

September 16, 2024

EPA Enforcement Office Adopted Four Strategies to Improve EJ Enforcement

September 16, 2024

EPA Enforcement Office Directed Offices to Strengthen Criminal Enforcement in Overburdened Communities

September 16, 2024

EPA Enforcement Office Adopted Four Strategies to Improve EJ Enforcement

September 16, 2024

EPA, DOJ Updated Superfund Forms to Include EJ Considerations

September 16, 2024

EPA’s Office of Inspector General Report Highlighted Tribal Drinking Water Needs

September 16, 2024

EPA Proposed to Withdraw Trump Administration Policy Allowing Oklahoma to Regulate Environmental Issues on Tribal LandEPA Published Enforcement Annual Results for FY 2020

September 16, 2024

EPA Replaced Trump Administration Memo for Fair and Efficient Resolution of Environmental Claims

September 16, 2024

EPA Released Guide on Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued Draft National Program Guidance for FY 2023-2024, Including Model Documents with EJ Requirements

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued Memo on Partnering with State Enforcement Agencies, Including EJ Focus

September 16, 2024

EPA Released Environmental Justice Toolkit for Lead Paint Enforcement Programs

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued 2024-2027 National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives Focused on Overburdened Communities

September 16, 2024

EPA Announced Get the Lead Out Initiative

September 16, 2024

EPA Accepting Public Input on Supplemental Environmental Projects in Federal Enforcement

September 16, 2024

EPA Released New Guidance on Affirmative Title VI Compliance Reviews

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued Guidance on EJ and Civil Rights in Permitting

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued Legal Guidance on How to Address Cumulative Pollution Impacts to Advance EJ

September 16, 2024

EPA Revised Permit Appeals Process for Environmental Appeals Board

September 16, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule Announcing Intent to Ban Chlorpyrifos

September 16, 2024

EPA Finalized National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Refractory Products Manufacturing Residual Risk and Technology Review

September 16, 2024

EPA Added Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory

September 16, 2024

EPA Finalized Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

September 16, 2024

EPA Finalized Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (SCCAP) Rule

September 16, 2024

EPA Proposed Revisions to the Federal Air Rules for Reservations

September 16, 2024

EPA Proposed Water Quality Standards to Protect Tribal Aquatic and Aquatic-Dependent Resources

September 16, 2024

EPA Imposed More Stringent Emissions Standards on Heavy-Duty Vehicles

September 16, 2024

EPA Reaffirmed a Stricter Cancer Risk Value for Ethylene Oxide

September 16, 2024

EPA Proposed Stricter Standards on Wastewater Discharge From Coal-Fired Power Plants

September 16, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Improve Consumer Confidence Reports

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Standards to Reduce Emissions of Carcinogen Ethylene Oxide from Commercial Sterilizers

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Baseline Water Quality Standards for Tribes

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Impose Safeguards on Coal Ash Impoundments

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Change to Its Risk Assessment Process for New Chemicals

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Ban Most Uses of Perchloroethylene (PCE)

September 13, 2024

EPA Removed “Emergency” Affirmative Defense Waivers from Title V Air Permit Regulations

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Updates to Air Emission Reporting Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed to Regulate Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC)

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed to Strengthen Lead Paint-Abatement Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Phase II FOIA Rule

September 13, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule Creating a Public PFAS Database

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed To Revise Guideline on Air Quality Models

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Revisions to Lead and Copper Drinking Water Regulations

September 13, 2024

EPA Began Prioritization of Additional Toxic Chemicals for Risk Evaluation

September 13, 2024

EPA Granted Louisiana Authority to Permit Carbon Dioxide Wells

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule to Prevent Inactive PFAS from Reentering Commerce

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed Adding PFAS as Regulated Hazardous Substances in Cleanups Under TSCA

September 13, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations

September 13, 2024

EPA Released Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2026

September 13, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Announced US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

September 13, 2024

DOE Released Coal Power Plant Redevelopment Visualization Tool

September 13, 2024

DOE Launched Energy Savings Hub

September 13, 2024

FERC Released Guidance for Tribal Participation in NEPA Process

September 13, 2024

DOE Opened IRA’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program

September 13, 2024

HHS, Treasury Introduced Pilot Solutions for Reducing Burdens on Tribal Grant Recipients

September 13, 2024

HHS Released a National Heat Strategy for 2024-2030

September 13, 2024

EPA Announced New Protections Against Pesticide Drift

September 13, 2024

EPA Proposed High-Priority Designation for Five Chemical Substances

September 13, 2024

DOE Released Second Equity Action Plan

September 13, 2024

DOE Finalized Transmission Permitting Rule with Engagement Requirements

September 13, 2024

EPA and US Army Announced Sampling for PFAS Near Army Installations

September 12, 2024

EPA Proposed Ban on Several Consumer and Workplace Uses of 1-Bromopropane

September 12, 2024

EPA Finalized Voluntary Cancellation of Pesticide DCPA

September 12, 2024

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Revived Interagency Effort to Create More Affordable and Equitable Outdoor Recreation Opportunities

September 12, 2024

Working Group Published Initial Report on Empowering Workers Through Revitalizing Energy Communities

September 12, 2024

Agencies Signed MOU Creating Rapid Response Teams to Support Energy Communities

September 12, 2024

White House Issued Government-Wide Guidance on Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Agency Decision Making

September 12, 2024

OSTP Announced Action for Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research

September 12, 2024

OSTP Released Ocean Climate Action Plan

September 12, 2024

OSTP Published Agency Guidance on Data in Climate Risk and Impact Assessments

September 12, 2024

White House Released Report on Implementation of the Equitable Data Working Group’s Recommendations

September 12, 2024

White House Released EJ Strategy for Communities Reliant on Ocean and Marine Resources

September 12, 2024

OMB Released Study on Methods to Assess Equity in Federal Programs

September 12, 2024

OMB Initiated Review of Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

September 12, 2024

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Released National Strategy to Quantify Economic Benefits from Ecosystem Services

September 12, 2024

OMB Issued Implementation Guidance for Federal Permitting Action Plan

September 12, 2024

OIRA Released Guidance on Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process

September 12, 2024

OMB Finalized Guidance on Quantifying Ecosystem Services

September 12, 2024

CEQ Finalized Phase 1 Revisions to Rules Implementing NEPA

September 12, 2024

CEQ and OSTP Created Interagency Working Group on Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK)

September 12, 2024

EPA Released New Policy for Meaningful Engagement and Public Participation

September 12, 2024

CEQ Issued Guidance on Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (CCUS)

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released Report with EJ Recommendations for Congress

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released Guidance on Inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in Agency Actions

September 12, 2024

CEQ Released NEPA Guidance on Agency Consideration of GHGs and Climate Change

September 12, 2024

CEQ Issued Guidance for Implementing Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan

September 12, 2024

CEQ Announced Task Forces for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS)

September 12, 2024

White House Offices Released Phase One of EJ Scorecard

September 12, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Released Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap

September 12, 2024

President Biden Issued Executive Order 14096 to Advance Environmental Justice

September 12, 2024

President Biden Established Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

September 12, 2024

President Biden Issued Exec. Order 14112 to Reform Federal Funding and Support for Tribal Nations

September 12, 2024

White House Announced Partnership with Tribes and States from Pacific Northwest

September 12, 2024

President Biden Signed Executive Order to Better Recognize Women’s History in National Parks

September 12, 2024

CEQ Finalized Phase 2 Rule Implementing National Environmental Policy Act

September 12, 2024

White House Released National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics

September 12, 2024

White House Created Columbia River Task Force

September 12, 2024

White House Released Agencies’ Climate Adaptation Plans

September 12, 2024

White House Published Final EJ Science, Data, and Research Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Established New Office of Climate Change and Health Equity

September 12, 2024

HHS Released 2021 Climate Action Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Requested Comments on Addressing EJ in Healthcare

September 12, 2024

HHS Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 12, 2024

HHS Announced New Office of Environmental Justice

September 12, 2024

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Released Environmental Justice Index

September 12, 2024

HHS Launched Climate and Health Outlook Portal

September 12, 2024

HHS Released Climate Change and Health Equity Strategy Supplement

September 12, 2024

HHS Released New Heat and Health Tracker

September 12, 2024

FEMA Requested Comment on Equity Concerns in Disaster Response

September 11, 2024

FEMA Requested Public Comment on Disaster Survivor Data Collection

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released First National Tribal Strategy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Expanded Types of Documentation Survivors Can Use to Prove Homeownership and Occupancy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Issued New Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Policy

September 11, 2024

FEMA, Interior Announced Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation Program for Tribal Communities

September 11, 2024

FEMA Issued Guidance to Community Leaders on Preparing for Extreme Temperatures

September 11, 2024

FEMA Announced First Designation of Community Disaster Resilience Zones (CDRZs)

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released Disaster Preparedness Guide for Older Adults

September 11, 2024

FEMA Signed Agreement With NAACP to Promote Equity in Disaster Response

September 11, 2024

FEMA Created New Online Tribal Affairs Hub

September 11, 2024

FEMA Published Equity Guide for Local Disaster Recovery Officials

September 11, 2024

FEMA Finalized Rule Expanding Access to Individual Assistance for Disaster Survivors

September 11, 2024

DHS Released 2021-2025 EJ Strategy

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released National Risk Index

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022-2026 Strategic Plan Including Equity Goals

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 11, 2024

FEMA Appointed 16 New National Advisory Council Members

September 11, 2024

FEMA Released 2022 National Advisory Council Annual Report

September 11, 2024

FEMA, SBA Lowered Income Threshold to Qualify for Disaster Assistance

September 11, 2024

FEMA Updated National Risk Index to Incorporate Social Vulnerability Data

September 11, 2024

FEMA Published 2023-2027 Data Strategy Prioritizing Data Access

September 11, 2024

Internal Report Found FEMA Ignored Equity in Buyout Grants

September 11, 2024

US Commission on Civil Rights Released Report on Civil Rights Compliance Post-Hurricanes Harvey and Maria

September 11, 2024

FEMA, HUD Partnered on State Planning for Disaster Housing Recovery

September 11, 2024

FEMA Announced 2024-2025 National Youth Preparedness Council

September 11, 2024

FEMA Requested Comment on Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide (PAPPG)

September 11, 2024

FEMA Finalized Rule Implementing Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS)

September 11, 2024

Interior Bureaus Released Guidance on Supporting Tribal Co-Stewardship

September 11, 2024

Interior Issued Report on Authorities Supporting Tribal Co-Stewardship

September 11, 2024

Interior Removed Barriers to Tribes’ Land-Into-Trust Applications

September 11, 2024

DOI and USDA Issued Joint Secretarial Order to Strengthen Co-Stewardship Efforts

September 11, 2024

White House and 17 Agencies Signed MOU Committing to Increased Consultation and Collaboration with Tribes

September 9, 2024

EPA and the Forest Service Updated the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map

September 9, 2024

EPA Issued a Proposed Endangerment Finding for Lead Emissions from Aircraft

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Tightening Restrictions on Pesticide Carbaryl

September 9, 2024

EPA Issued Draft Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Guidelines

September 9, 2024

EPA Denied Alabama’s Application to Manage Coal Ash Permit Program

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed a Rule for Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Regulate Trichloroethylene (TCE)

September 9, 2024

EPA Launched the Community, Equity & Resilience Initiative

September 9, 2024

EPA Released Revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis

September 9, 2024

EPA Released Meaningful Involvement Policy

September 9, 2024

Agencies Published Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics

September 9, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Reduce Water Pollution from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities

September 9, 2024

EPA Announced It Will Annually Update and Release National Air Toxics Data and Risk Estimates

September 9, 2024

EPA Report Highlighted Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Change on Underserved Communities

September 9, 2024

EPA OIG Found Agency Did Not Consistently Communicate Human Health Risks at Sites Being Addressed by OLEM

September 9, 2024

EPA Launched Training Initiative to Reduce Lead Exposure

September 9, 2024

EPA Withdrew Trump Administration Memorandum Addressing Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunctions in State Implementation Plans

September 9, 2024

EPA Revised the Children’s Health Policy and Plan

September 9, 2024

EPA Published PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024

September 9, 2024

EPA Agreed to Publish Complete Lists of Each State’s Implementation Plan

September 9, 2024

EPA Extended TRI Reporting Requirements to Specific Facilities

September 9, 2024

EPA Added 1-bromopropane to Clean Air Act Toxics List

September 9, 2024

EPA Entered an Agreement with the World Health Organization to Cooperate in Promoting Environmental Management

September 9, 2024

EPA Announced Measures to Better Protect Residents in “Cancer Alley”

September 9, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration Restarted Cancer Moonshot Initiative to Reduce the Cancer Death Rate

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals Reviewed EPA’s Approach for Assessing Chemical Risks to Fenceline Communities

September 9, 2024

EPA Failed to Complete Overdue Residual Risk and Technology Reviews

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Board Established Cumulative Impacts Assessment Framework

September 9, 2024

EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee Adopted Recommendations to Support Local Communities Tackling PFAS Contamination

September 9, 2024

EPA Published “Guidance for Developing and Maintaining a Service Line Inventory”

September 9, 2024

EPA Published Report Detailing Improvements in Air Quality from the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

September 9, 2024

Solicitor Ruled for Tribes Against North Dakota in Dispute Over Mineral Rights

September 7, 2024

Agencies Signed MOU to Promote Access to Nature in “Nature-Deprived Communities”

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred 80 Acres to Native Hawaiians in Ewa Beach

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred National Bison Range Lands to be Held in Trust for Tribes

September 7, 2024

President Biden Signed Executive Orders Restoring Boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments

September 7, 2024

DOI Launched Interagency Initiative to Protect Access to Sacred Sites

September 7, 2024

DOI Recognized Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation

September 7, 2024

DOI Announced Return of 465 Acres to the Rappahannock Tribe

September 7, 2024

Secretary Haaland Rescinded Memorandum that Hampered Tribes Seeking to Enact Water Codes

September 7, 2024

DOI Transferred Fish Production at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery to the Nez Perce Tribe

September 7, 2024

DOI Opened Land for Conveyance to Eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-Era Veterans

September 7, 2024

BLM Formed Partnership with Tribal Governments to Oversee Cultural Protection Activities in the Bering Strait Region

September 7, 2024

DOI Solicitor Issued Opinion Reclaiming Authority to Take Land into Trust for Alaska Natives and Alaska Tribes

September 7, 2024

President Biden Signed Three Bills to Improve Water Access for Tribes in Arizona

September 7, 2024

President Biden Designated New Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

September 7, 2024

EPA Withdrew Interim Registration Review for Glyphosate

September 6, 2024

EPA Released and Updated Resources to Allow the Public to Investigate Environmental Enforcement and Compliance in their Communities

September 6, 2024

EPA Released Agency-wide Strategy to Combat Lead Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced that FOIAOnline Would Be Shut Down in September 2023

September 6, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Reinstate Several Provisions of the 2015 Agricultural Worker Protection Standard

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final Rule Reaffirming Limitations on Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced Accelerated Action for Four Organophosphate Pesticides

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final “Good Neighbor” Plan to Reduce Downstream Ozone Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Published First Ever Chemical Data Reporting National Review

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Online Resource to Prevent Heavy Metal Exposure in Children

September 6, 2024

EPA Released the Draft of the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Report on Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the United States

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Interactive Map Depicting Sea Level Rise Around Hazardous Waste Sites

September 6, 2024

EPA Released ECHO Clean Air Tracking Tool

September 6, 2024

EPA Added Environmental, Health Indicators to EJSCREEN

September 6, 2024

EPA Published a Final Rule to Amend Timelines for State Plans under the Clean Air Act

September 6, 2024

EPA Added Seven PFAS to the Toxic Release Inventory

September 6, 2024

EPA Lowered Screening Level for Lead in Soil for First Time in 30 years

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized Stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM)

September 6, 2024

EPA Expanded Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative

September 6, 2024

EPA Announced 47 New Members of Science Advisory Board

September 6, 2024

EPA Established New Regional Environmental Justice Office in Region 2

September 6, 2024

EPA Created First-Ever National Environmental Youth Council (NEYAC)

September 6, 2024

EPA Inspector General Audited EPA’s Distribution of Loans for State Drinking Water Projects

September 6, 2024

EPA Released First-Ever Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

EPA Partnered with USDA to Improve Low-Income Wastewater Infrastructure

September 6, 2024

EPA Launched New Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR)

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized “EJ Action Plan: Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs”

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) Found EPA Should Better Prepare to Notify Public of Lead in Drinking Water

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Office of Air & Radiation (OAR) Issued Guidance to Regional Offices on Considering Environmental Justice

September 6, 2024

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) Self-initiated Project to Identify Best Practices for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Revised Policy on Consultation with Indian Tribes

September 6, 2024

EPA Released 2023 Update to Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

EPA Sought Applicants for Newly-Established HBCU-MSI Advisory Council

September 6, 2024

EPA and USAID Formalized Partnership to Advance Environmental Protection

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued First National Drinking Water Standard to Protect Against PFAS Exposure

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Soot (Particulate Matter)

September 6, 2024

EPA Finalized Rule on Facility Response Plan Requirements Under the Clean Water Act

September 6, 2024

EPA Published Final Rule to Strengthen Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants

September 6, 2024

EPA Released Interim Guidance on Destruction and Disposal of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule Protecting Water Quality for Tribes with Treaty and Reserved Rights

September 6, 2024

EPA Issued Final TSCA Framework Rule on Risk Evaluations

September 6, 2024

EPA Created New Online Environmental Justice Clearinghouse

September 6, 2024

EPA Designated Two Forever Chemicals (PFOA, PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

September 6, 2024

EPA and CalEPA Issued 2024/25 Action Plan for Joint Enforcement

September 6, 2024

EPA Adopted New Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy

September 6, 2024

EPA Released 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI Withdrew Leasing and Mining Claims around Chaco Culture National Historic Park

September 6, 2024

President Biden Established Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

September 6, 2024

DOI Launched Indian Youth Service Corps

September 6, 2024

DOI Sought Comments on Federal Hardrock Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting Processes

September 6, 2024

DOI Created New Office of Strategic Partnerships to Direct Resources to Indian Country

September 6, 2024

Secretary Haaland Appointed New Members to the National Park System Advisory Board

September 6, 2024

DOI Established Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee

September 6, 2024

DOI Created Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Council

September 6, 2024

DOI Released, Updated Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI and USDA Made Recommendations to Protect Tribes from Mining

September 6, 2024

Biden Administration Reinstated Annual Tribal Nations Summit, Pledging More Collaboration with Tribes

September 6, 2024

DOI, Other Agencies Signed MOU to Increase Tribal Consultation

September 6, 2024

DOI Released Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap Online Tool

September 6, 2024

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Released Collaborative Land Management Plan

September 6, 2024

DOI Issued Order 3410 to Promote Bison Population and Grassland Restoration Efforts

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule to Guide BLM’s Management of Public Lands

September 6, 2024

DOI Issued Report on Co-Stewardship as Part of Joint Secretarial Order 3403

September 6, 2024

DOI and USDA Announced Plan to Increase Representation of Alaska Natives on Federal Subsistence Board

September 6, 2024

DOI Solicitor Affirmed that Tribes in Alaska have Jurisdiction over Native Allotments

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule to Reduce Oil and Gas Waste on Public and Tribal Lands

September 6, 2024

DOI, IHS Signed MOU to Support Tribal Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

September 6, 2024

DOI Finalized Rule on Management and Protection of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

September 6, 2024

DOJ and EPA Announced Interagency Environmental Crime Victim Assistance Program

September 6, 2024

Attorney General Garland Restored DOJ’s Office for Access to Justice

September 6, 2024

DOJ Released 2022 Equity Action Plan

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched First-Ever Office of Environmental Justice, Joint EJ Enforcement Strategy with EPA

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched Law Enforcement Language Access Initiative

September 6, 2024

DOJ Launched Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Environmental Crimes Task Force

September 6, 2024

ENRD Deputy Assistant AG Withdrew Trump-era Documents Defining Enforcement Priorities

September 6, 2024

ENRD-EPA Victim Assistance Team Developed New Victims’ Rights Materials

September 6, 2024

DOJ Issued Interim Final Rule to Allow Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs)

September 6, 2024

DOJ Released EJ Enforcement Strategy Annual Report

September 6, 2024

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia Created New Affirmative Civil Rights and Environmental Justice Unit

September 5, 2024

DOJ Issued 2024 Environmental Justice Strategic Plan

September 5, 2024

EPA Denied Alabama’s Application to Manage Coal Ash Permit Program

September 5, 2024

EPA Proposed Rule to Protect Workers and Consumers from Toxic Solvent N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP)

September 5, 2024

EPA Issued Final Rule to Make Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports More Understandable and Accessible

September 5, 2024

EPA OEJECR Issued Draft National Program Guidance for Comment

August 13, 2024