The US Justice Department has a new cudgel with which to beat America into submission. The Office of Environmental Justice will “protect overburdened and underserved communities from the harm caused by environmental crimes, pollution and climate change.”
- Serve as the central hub to implement the Department of Justice comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy.
- Build a partnership with community advocates; and
- Provide fair and equal treatment and involvement of all people in the environmental decision-making process.
Green shirts directed by Merrick Garland’s DOJ to advance progressive political priorities under the guise of saving the planet. It also looks like they will be laundering your great-grandchildren’s money into the hands of partisan activists with the full power and faith of the US Department of Justice.
And parents speaking out at school boards thought they had it bad.
With this action, the President is working to ensure that all people — regardless of race, background, income, ability, Tribal affiliation, or zip code — can benefit from the vital safeguards enshrined in our nation’s foundational environmental and civil rights laws,” the White House said in a statement.
“That means cleaner air and water, reduced risk for asthma, cancer, and other health burdens, and better access to green space, safe and affordable housing, and clean transportation.” …
The White House also announced that the Office of Management and Budget will begin publishing an Environmental Justice Scorecard, to track federal agency’s efforts on environmental justice initiatives.
I wonder if this changes the arrangement. In the “old days,” the Dems would get some Enviro-group to sue the government. The government would refuse to defend, and they would “award” “damages” in the millions of dollars. It was a way for Obama Era Justice to funnel funds to political partisans.
Will the new DEJ be in charge of working with other agencies to maximize this sort of money laundering in the name of Green Justice?
And since it appears to matter, just how big is the Department of Environmental Justice’s carbon footprint, or, put another way, how much ‘carbon’ could we ‘save’ without it, if that was something about which we truly needed to show concern?
HT | Western Journal
