On his Alaska trip, part of a national EPA ‘Journey to Justice,’ Michael Regan puts focus on land contamination, salmon runs, climate change and other regional concerns.
Michael Regan hardly could have sounded more ardent Tuesday afternoon as he announced that the first $100 million in environmental justice grants made possible by last year’s Inflation Reduction Act will soon become available.
Dozens of projects will receive millions to boost monitoring near industrial sites. The Biden administration wants to focus on environmental justice in communities impacted by decades of pollution.
President Biden's top environment official recently visited what is considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities burdened by pollution.
