Cumulative impacts requires consideration in permitting decisions under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act and ensures that permits will not be issued if the project cannot demonstrate a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health.
McEachin highlights the importance of assessing cumulative pollution impacts in permit decisions.
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The point is what are we going to do as a country, as a nation, to lift these communities up, to empower them to fix their problems and to move our country forward.
Forty percent should be the floor, quite frankly, not the ceiling, and I look forward to seeing how the Americans Jobs Plan can help meet that goal.
We have Pueblo and Dine and Chicano communities that are still dealing with mines that have been left unremediated and contaminated groundwater that is undrinkable.
The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act aims to promote justice and equitable climate change mitigation by prioritizing benefits for frontline and fence-line communities.
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