Lawmakers Urge Agencies to Increase Tribal Access to Environmental Justice Funds

Published on June 16, 2024

House Democrats have called on the Biden administration to improve tribes’ access to environmental justice funding and resources under the administration’s Justice40 initiative. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent letters to multiple agencies on June 14, requesting access be given to the tribal groups under the initiative. The Justice40 Initiative, launched by executive order in January 2021, aims to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of federal investments in areas like climate and clean energy are delivered to underserved communities, including tribes and eligible Indigenous communities....

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