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Despite the Trump administration’s elimination of federal environmental justice (EJ) programs, states are reaffirming their commitment to EJ and pushing forward new EJ programs and policies....more
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While the Trump administration has taken action to eliminate environmental justice (EJ) programs at the federal level, state programs with EJ laws and policies remain in place and apply to regulated...more
On July 31, 2023, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed to update its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) across the federal government. Reflecting the increasingly...more
On June 6, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officially published the highly-anticipated proposed implementing rules of the state’s Environmental Justice Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157. The statute requires...more
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• On September 18, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed landmark environmental justice legislation into law. The law (S232), which the state legislature passed last month, requires the New Jersey...more
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What Happened: On August 27, 2020, the New Jersey state legislature passed landmark environmental justice legislation requiring the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP” or the...more