Booker Announces Landmark Environmental Justice Bill
(WorldNews Environment)

October 23, 2017 NEWARK, NJ -Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) was joined by local community leaders and advocates from across New Jersey and the nation in announcing a landmark bill that represents a major step toward eliminating environmental injustice. The Environmental Justice Act of 2017 requires federal agencies to address environmental justice through agency actions and permitting decisions, and strengthens legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities. `Many communities across the country are facing environmental and public health threats that for too long have gone unaddressed, seemingly only...