Agency: Council on Environmental Quality
Description:
To support data collection efforts relating to disproportionate negative environmental harms and climate impacts and cumulative impacts of pollution and temperature rise; to establish, expand, and maintain efforts to track disproportionate burdens and cumulative impacts and provide academic and workforce support for analytics and informatics infrastructure and data collection systems; and to support efforts to ensure that any mapping or screening tool is accessible to community-based organizations and community members.
Bill Section:
60401
New or Existing:
Existing
Potential Cost:
$32,500,000
Timeline:
FY22-26
Implementation Status/Rulemaking:
On November 11, 2022, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) launched version 1.0 of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST): Source