President Biden’s Focus on Environmental Justice Has a Crucial Blind Spot

Jun 13, 2023 | Carly A. Krakow
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On April 21, President Biden signed an executive order addressing domestic toxic pollution and climate vulnerabilities that disproportionately burden low-income communities and communities of color. This is an overdue step toward confronting “long-standing environmental injustices and inequities” domestically, though much work remains to be done. Even as the U.S. government gradually begins to address some aspects of severe environmental injustice within the United States, it has delayed recognition of similar health and environmental damage caused by toxins used during the Iraq and Vietnam wars.