Question

What role does community impact assessment play in Environmental Justice?

Answer 1

The guiding principle of environmental justice is that everyone, regardless of race, color, national origin or income is entitled to equal protection from environmental harms and risks.

EPA Region 1 is committed to ensuring that environmental justice is integrated into all of our programs, policies and activities in order to achieve environmental and public health improvements for communities in New England that may be disproportionately burdened by environmental harms and risks, such as minority, low-income and tribal communities.

EPA Region 1 seeks to achieve environmental justice and make a visible difference in New England communities by:

Collaborating with community members, government organizations, not-for-profit organizations, academic institutions and other stakeholders to address environmental and health-related challengesEnhancing understanding of environmental and health-related issues at the community levelProviding accessible and culturally appropriate opportunities for low-income, minority and linguistically isolated stakeholders to meaningfully participate in our decision-making processesProviding information, tools and resources to stakeholdersImproving methods for identifying, addressing, tracking and measuring progress toward achieving environmental justice

Learn more about the ways that the EPA engages with communities across New England by reading the EPA Region 1 Environmental Justice End-of-Year Report.

Please contact Gevon Solomon([email protected]) to receive occasional announcements about learning opportunities, funding opportunities, conferences and other environmental justice news.

Learn more about EPA Region 1.

Region EJ Highlights

EPA-Region 1 is focused on making a visible difference and improving the environment and public health in environmentally overburdened, underserved and economically distressed communities throughout New England.

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