S. 720, known as the “Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025,” aims to create an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice. This office would be responsible for developing strategies to ensure fair treatment and involvement of all...
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The Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025 wants to create a special team in the Department of Justice to help protect everyone’s health and environment, especially focusing on helping people and places that have been affected by pollution the most. It plans to give money to help local communities enforce the rules better and get people involved in making decisions about keeping their environment clean and safe.