FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Delivers Environmental Justice with Cleaner Air, Clean Water, and Healthier Communities

The White House-JULY 24, 2024

President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that every person has a right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy community – now and into the future. During his first week in office, President Biden launched the most ambitious environmental justice agenda in our nation’s history. Today, at the first-ever White House Summit on Environmental Justice in Action, the Biden-Harris Administration released detailed progress reports from 24 federal agencies showcasing how the President is delivering for communities that have faced longstanding environmental injustices and inequities.

The second annual Environmental Justice Scorecard describes the impacts and benefits of more than $600 billion in federal investments that President Biden has secured over Fiscal Years 2022-2027, including through his Investing in America agenda, for programs that are part of the Justice40 Initiative. The goal of the President’s Justice40 Initiative is to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.

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