ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Our Commitment
Reducing burdens and ensuring benefits of natural resource development for vulnerable communities.
THE ISSUE
At its core, environmental justice is about equity. Communities of color and low-income areas should not bear the brunt of pollution from energy, industrial, and agricultural development while others enjoy the economic gains. We need to ensure that the benefits and burdens of natural resource development and protection are justly distributed across all communities in the state.
Bill of the Day: Environmental Justice
Two environmental justice bills, HB2074 and SB1318, build on the Virginia Environmental Justice Act of 2020, which declared environmental justice as the policy of the Commonwealth.
RESOURCES