The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of a new office to serve as a “central hub” for a federal environmental enforcement strategy that will pursue cases regarding environmental crime, pollution, and climate change, particularly those affecting minority and low-income communities.
The Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) will represent a partnership between the DOJ and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and “epitomizes the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to holding polluters accountable as a means to deliver on our environmental justice priorities,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Thursday in a DOJ press release.
