![]() Even as many communities in the United States have prospered and thrived in recent decades, many other communities have been left behind. We have more work to do to make environmental justice a reality for our Nation, both for today and for the generations that will follow us. Pursuing these and other objectives integral to advancing environmental justice can successfully occur only through meaningful engagement and collaboration with underserved and overburdened communities to address the adverse conditions they experience and ensure they do not face additional disproportionate burdens or underinvestment. Achieving this vision will also require improving equitable access to parks, tree cover, playgrounds, sports fields, rivers, ponds, beaches, lakes, and all of the benefits provided by nature, including America’s public lands and waters. ![]() It is also necessary to prioritize building an equitable, inclusive, and sustainable economy that offers economic opportunities, workforce training, and high-quality and well-paying jobs, including union jobs, and facilitating an equitable transition of the workforce as part of a clean energy future. Advancing environmental justice will require investing in and supporting culturally vibrant, sustainable, and resilient communities in which every person has safe, clean, and affordable options for housing, energy, and transportation. We must advance environmental justice for all by implementing and enforcing the Nation’s environmental and civil rights laws, preventing pollution, addressing climate change and its effects, and working to clean up legacy pollution that is harming human health and the environment. Restoring and protecting a healthy environment - wherever people live, play, work, learn, grow, and worship - is a matter of justice and a fundamental duty that the Federal Government must uphold on behalf of all people. ![]() To fulfill our Nation’s promises of justice, liberty, and equality, every person must have clean air to breathe clean water to drink safe and healthy foods to eat and an environment that is healthy, sustainable, climate-resilient, and free from harmful pollution and chemical exposure. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””īy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance environmental justice, it is hereby ordered as follows:.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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