To the contrary, environmental justice activities help public and private entities avoid and prevent unlawful discrimination and remediate its impacts. The President cannot unilaterally prohibit lawful state, Tribal, and local policies, programs, and activities to advance environmental justice.

Simply calling these practices “illegal” does not make it true. Environmental justice does not constitute illegal discrimination, and these federal actions do not change that fact.

Recent federal executive orders targeting environmental justice have had a chilling effect. These federal actions label environmental justice policies, programs, and activities as “illegal discrimination” – an inaccurate and misleading characterization that only generates confusion.

You, too, can strive to defend the rule of law and stave off the worst of the climate crisis, while geeking out about Nightswimming and Shoop. (No. Don’t start with the ‘00s. It’s just the only link The Ringer provides.)

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