The Republican spending bill is bad for climate justice too

The Republican spending bill is bad for climate justice too

By Willy BlackmoreWord in Black Among the many, many provisions in the White House-sponsored budget bill that was signed into law on the Fourth of July are a host of environmental measures that continue the Trump administration’s work to undo any and all progress on climate change.  “It is not an overstatement to say this is the most anti-environment bill in history,” Patrick Drupp, director of climate policy for the Sierra Club, said in a state…

Guidance for tracking local impacts of the federal Justice40 cuts

Just hours after assuming office for his second term on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump ended via executive order one of the most ambitious efforts to embed energy and environmental justice in federal policy, covering hundreds of federal programs across multiple agencies: the Justice40 Initiative. This action rescinded President Joseph Biden’s Executive Order 14008, which established the initiative in January 2021 and distributed more than $600 …