EPA released its 2024 Environmental Justice Strategic Plan as required under Executive Order 14096, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All.” The Strategic Plan highlighted three goals:
- “Promote Environmental Justice and Civil Rights at the Federal, Tribal, State, Local, and Community Levels;
- Embed Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights into the EPA’s Programs, Policies, and Activities; and
- Strengthen External Civil Rights Enforcement to Protect Access to a Healthy Environment for All People.”