"Environmental Justice?" Sounds like a title to a teenage comic book read by a bunch of pimply faced nerds who spend way too much time in their parent's basement watching "Avatar." Or it could just be a bunch of liberal-progressive Democrats. The description is interchangeable.
Yes, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "Environmental Justice" and wants its employees to "advance" it to low-income and minority communities. I guess those of us who are in the "other" category will be left out. More class warfare from the Obama administration.
CNS News reports:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a 55-page "guidance" to help its employees "advance environmental justice" for low-income and minority communities.
"Achieving environmental justice is an Agency priority and should be factored into every decision," the document says.The move comes 16 years after President William Clinton signed an executive order directing every federal agency to "make achieving environmental justice part of its mission." And Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to make "environmental justice policies a priority within the EPA."
'Fair treatment and meaningful involvement'
The EPA says its new guidelines will help its rule-writers identify potential environmental justice concerns, and it instructs them to analyze the impact of their rules on low-income and minority populations.
The EPA defines environmental justice as the "fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, particularly minority, low-income, and indigenous populations, and tribes, in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies."
The guide states that from now on -- in the process of developing rules, policy statements, risk assessments, and other regulatory actions -- EPA managers and staffers must first ask themselves, "Does this action involve a topic that is likely to be of particular interest to or have particular impact upon minority, low-income, or indigenous populations, or tribes?"
If the answer is yes, the rule-writers must reach out to the affected minority and/or low-income communities. One section of the guide explains how EPA rule-writers may have to make "special efforts" to connect with people who may be uneducated or non-English-speaking.
"It will likely be necessary to tailor outreach materials to be concise, understandable, and readily accessible to the communities you are trying to reach," the guide says."Historically, the low-income and minority communities that carry the greatest environmental burdens haven't had a voice in our policy development or rulemaking," said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in announcing the release of the guide.
"This plan is part of my ongoing commitment to give all communities a seat at the decision-making table. Making environmental justice a consideration in our rulemaking changes both the perception and practice of how we work with overburdened communities, and opens this conversation up to new voices."
This is how Democrats works. Notice everyone is assigned to a group? Why does this only apply to groups of people and not to everyone in society? This is identity politics, something the Democrats are pros at.
This is also another attempt to 'spread the wealth.' Injecting 'environmental justice' into the equation will not come free. The taxpayers will have to pay for it in one way or another. Adding the word justice behind it will trick a few weak-minded followers. The rest of us know what the game is.
Notice this comes out when folks are talking about race in politics? Just another program to drive the wedge deeper and keep each side fighting and pointing fingers. Pay attention to whats going on.
By the way...isn't Lisa Jackson the same Lisa Jackson who claims CO2 is a dangerous pollutant? I wonder if it is only a 'danger' to low-income and minority communities?
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