US EditionGov. Moore’s Office Pushes Back Against Md. Lawmakers as Reparations Feud Continues
MARYLAND, JUL 21 – Governor Moore signed an executive order to unify state agencies and restore a screening tool that identifies communities with high pollution burdens for better policy decisions.
- On Thursday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order restoring the Environmental Justice map, aiming to unify the state's environmental justice efforts.
- When President Trump took office earlier this year, his executive order directed all federal agencies to cease any activity related to environmental justice, leaving the Environmental Justice Screening tool without federal data.
- This tool spotlights census tracts where three or more environmental or health indicators exceed 75% of other communities, and data from the map will inform policy and decision making for state agencies.
- From Maryland Matters reported, the executive order establishes an interagency advisory council across 13 state agencies, marking a step in reducing pollution exposure and promoting equity.
- Agencies will submit status reports every Dec. 1 starting this year, and the VOICE order establishes a whole-of-government strategy to engage overburdened communities.
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Governor Wes Moore (D) and his staff met regularly with legislators to discuss a bill that creates a repair study commission, and expressed concerns about the bill that the governor later vetoed, insisted his office on Monday. And the legislators’ claims that the administration was following their own reparations plan that was largely based on the later vetoed bill are “inexact,” said a senior adviser to the governor on Monday.
Gov. Moore’s office pushes back against Md. lawmakers as reparations feud continues
Gov. Wes Moore (D) and his staff met regularly with lawmakers to discuss a bill creating a reparations study commission, and expressed concerns about the bill that the governor subsequently vetoed, his office insisted Monday. And lawmakers’ claims that the administration was pursuing its own reparations plan that borrowed heavily from the later-vetoed bill are “inaccurate,” a top aide to the governor said Monday. The pushback came one day after …
Maryland's Gov. Wes Moore Signs Environmental Justice EO
Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order Thursday restoring an Environmental Justice map that had briefly gone defunct due to changes within the federal government. According to Maryland Matters, the state first revealed its Environmental Justice Screening tool in 2022. The map, which originally relied on federal data, allowed users to track pollution and health burdens across Maryland’s census tracts.…
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Governor Moore signs executive order to advance environmental justice
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order over the weekend aimed at unifying the state’s approach to promoting environmental justice and addressing pollution burdens in historically underserved communities. The “Valuing Opportunity, Inclusion, and Community Equity” (VOICE) order is designed to foster a “whole-of-government” strategy, emphasizing meaningful engagement with communities disproportionately affected by envir…
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Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order Thursday restoring an Environmental Justice map that had briefly gone defunct due to changes within the federal government. According to Maryland Matters, the state first revealed its Environmental Justice Screening tool in 2022. The map, which originally relied on federal data, allowed users to track pollution and health burdens across Maryland’s census tracts.…
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