EPA Releases FY2018 Progress Report Showing Continued Commitment to Environmental Justice

 EPA Releases FY2018 Progress Report Showing Continued Commitment to Environmental Justice

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Environmental Justice FY2018 Progress Report. Required by EO 12898, the report shows how EPA is providing greater certainty to our federal, states, tribal and local partners; certainty in EPA programs; and certainty in how we communicate risk. This certainty will help to strengthen environmental and public health protections for low-income, minority, indigenous, and disadvantaged communities that are disproportionately likely to live near contaminated lands or be impacted by environmental hazards.

The report describes EPA efforts to remediate Superfund sites and return these sites to productive use to communities, to improve air quality, and to finance critical investments to improve the nation's water infrastructure. It also describes actions to protect children from lead exposure, to provide funding and technical support for community-driven projects, and to integrate environmental justice into enforcement and science.

To read EPA's FY2018 Environmental Justice Progress Report: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/annual-environmental-justice-progress-reports

For more information on the EPA's Environmental Justice Program: https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice

 

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