Environmental Justice In The Biden Administration: Early Actions Draw First Bold Lines

Highlights

• The Biden Administration in its first 90 days has clearly and dramatically articulated a commitment to the issue of environmental justice.
• The actions of the White House and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are significant in their own right, and point to programmatic, regulatory and budget initiatives likely to emerge over the coming months and years.

This Holland & Knight alert is the first of several status updates on environmental justice (EJ) in the Biden Administration. It identifies early actions of the administration that are not only significant in their own right but point to programmatic, regulatory and budget initiatives likely to emerge over the coming months and years. Holland & Knight will continue to monitor and provide insights into these policies, priorities, regulatory actions and the inevitable, attendant litigation. Subsequent status updates will document these actions with the goal of helping clients better