Biden's Environmental Justice Agenda: New Initiatives and Executive Orders.

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize investing in disadvantaged communities disproportionately affected by pollution and climate change. The order will create a new Office of Environmental Justice in the White House to coordinate all environmental justice efforts across the federal government and require agencies to notify nearby communities if toxic substances are released from a federal facility. Biden is expected to argue that his administration's historic environmental justice and climate agenda contrasts with "the dangerous vision Speaker McCarthy and his extreme caucus have for our planet, our economy, and public health."