Spotlight
The U.S. Department of Energy (Department) would like to direct your attention to its Environmental Justice Strategy (Strategy) which was released in 2008. Along with the Strategy, the Department also released the Environmental Justice Five-Year Implementation Plan and this year, its Environmental Justice Five-Year Implementation Plan Second Annual Progress Report. The Strategy is a 5-year plan which commits the Department to the following goals:
- Identify and address programs, policies, and activities of the Department that may have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority, low-income, and tribal populations.
- Enhance the credibility and public trust of the Department by further making public participation a fundamental component of all program operations, planning activities, and decision-making processes.
- Improve research and data collection methods relating to human health and the environment of minority, low-income, and tribal populations.
- Further Departmental leadership by integrating environmental justice with activities and processes related to human health and the environment.
The Obama Administration Advances Efforts to Protect Health of U.S. Communities Overburdened by Pollution—Federal Agencies Sign Environmental Justice Memorandum of Understanding. Click here to read the the Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice and Executive Order 12898.
Obama Administration Announces Commitments to Protect the Health of Every American/ Agencies publish environmental justice strategies designed to ensure that all communities are protected from environmental harm and benefit from federal programs. Read the 2/27/2012 press release > 
Announcements
Please join us at the National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program . The program will commence at the Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness Street, NW, Washington, DC at 5:00pm, Wednesday April 11, 2012. The program will continue April 12th-13th at the Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC. View the draft agenda here.
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