The United States continues to look increasingly like a Kurt Schlichter novel, akin to People’s Republic. Description from Amazon under.
America’s rising political and cultural divisions have lastly cut up the United States aside. Now, as the previous blue states start to break down below the useless weight of their politically appropriate tyranny, a deadly operative haunted by his violent previous undertakes one final mission to infiltrate and take out his goal within the nightmarish metropolis of Los Angeles, deep within the coronary heart of the People’s Republic of North America.
On to this week’s continued rolling out of Schlichter’s prophecies.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 5, 2022
Department of Justice
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Attorney General Launches New Office of Environmental Justice
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was joined by EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan right this moment in asserting a sequence of actions to safe environmental justice for all Americans. In addition to launching a brand new Office of Environmental Justice throughout the Justice Department, Attorney General Garland additionally introduced a brand new complete environmental justice enforcement technique to information the Justice Department’s work and issued an Interim Final Rule that may restore using supplemental environmental tasks in acceptable circumstances.
“Although violations of our environmental laws can happen anywhere, communities of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities often bear the brunt of the harm caused by environmental crime, pollution, and climate change,” stated Attorney General Garland. “For far too long, these communities have faced barriers to accessing the justice they deserve. The Office of Environmental Justice will serve as the central hub for our efforts to advance our comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy. We will prioritize the cases that will have the greatest impact on the communities most overburdened by environmental harm.”
“EPA and the Justice Department’s partnership to protect overburdened and underserved communities across America has never been stronger,” stated EPA Administrator Regan. “This environmental justice enforcement strategy epitomizes the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to holding polluters accountable as a means to deliver on our environmental justice priorities. Critical to that is the return of Supplemental Environmental Projects as a tool to secure tangible public health benefits for communities harmed by environmental violations.”
Consistent with President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta issued a complete environmental justice enforcement technique to information the Justice Department’s litigators, investigators, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide to advance the reason for environmental justice by means of the enforcement of federal legal guidelines. Developed by the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) in partnership with EPA, the technique will be sure that your entire Department is utilizing all accessible authorized instruments to advertise environmental justice.
The Justice Department additionally launched its first-ever Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) inside ENRD right this moment. This new workplace shall be a important useful resource because the Justice Department implements the brand new complete enforcement technique. Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim named Cynthia Ferguson, an skilled ENRD lawyer with greater than a decade engaged on environmental justice points, as Acting Director.
Finally, the Justice Department issued an Interim Final Rule right this moment that may restore using supplemental environmental tasks in acceptable circumstances and topic to tips and limitations set forth in a separate memorandum issued by the Attorney General right this moment. For a long time earlier than 2017, EPA and ENRD relied upon such tasks to offer redress to communities most immediately affected by violations of federal environmental legal guidelines. For this cause, they're notably highly effective instruments for advancing environmental justice. The Justice Department’s Interim Final Rule invitations public touch upon the brand new tips and limitations, together with to tell any future modifications to the Justice Department’s strategy.
Topic(s): EnvironmentElement(s):
Environment and Natural Resources DivisionOffice of the Associate Attorney GeneralOffice of the Attorney General
Press Release Number: 22-472
