environmental community has been at odds with the labor community and the priorities of community or environmental justice groups at odds with environmental priorities. you have been advocates for trying to overcome those barriers. maybe share thoughts and what it's taken to overcome those differences and challenges? maybe where you see the fragility of how this does not hold together moving forward? >> i will go first. it is about progress. as leaders of the organizations, we cannot be closed minded to working in coalition. it will always be messy when you deal with real life facts. like i explained about our membership being fearful about the future. when you try to create progress and grow and move towards something different, it can be messy. i think the coalitions that pushed the inflation reduction act across the finish line is a recipe and a model for us to be able to continue working into the future at the local level. it was nice to come here federally, but there's so much work to connect to the local level with her that dollars are being spent and jobs are created. that is the model we have to t

navin: harold, you've been in this fight from environmental justice, sort of looking at the community in south carolina we're dealing with, more traditional pollutants and air pollution that tends to get worse in the largest communities. speak to sort of the impact of climate crisis worsening in terms of the communities you work with and represent. harold: most of the communities i represent grew up with myself with the legacy impact of polluting sites. we saw during the pandemic that most of these communities are in and around places where access to health care and we saw during the pandemic those were the folks that tested positive the fastest and died the quickest because they had these particular illnesses that were untreated. so the exacerbating effect of the pandemic and those impacts of those legacy polluting site is one that we're still feeling the effects of in the post covid impacts now. navin: we should maybe keep it 1/3 up and 2/3 optimistic and i'll pivot here, jimmy, the response, i mentioned earlier not only the inflation reduction act and an infrastructure bill creatin

we saw president biden putting his money to the commitment of environmental economy and justice in the economy. i have been working with the equitably just national climate platform. it is for environmental organizations including a major leader there. it was influential in driving a lot of the decisions in the inflation reduction act. some of the lessons learned from the obama administrations which is kind of like right now to challenge members and statehouses across the country. they cannot make decisions and won't invest those resources in the right places. we saw a number one being allowed to let local communities make these investments. when you talk about creating jobs with the pipe replacement program. to replace 100+-year- old led types. those are jobs to replace the infrastructure and a lot of legacy sites we have seen that local governments have not had their resources to address or remediator cleanup. so the 66 billion and the inflation reduction act, that is something that local governments will be able to apply directly with communities to remove these sites and put some g

department just secured the first ever environmental justice settlement,re in alabama, where the states public health department has, was found to be negligent, in one of its heavily-populated black counties. what more can you tell us about the settlement, and how it fits into the doj's environmental justice mission? >> this justice department is deeply committed to racial justice, and racial equity, and ensuring that we have environmental justice for vulnerable communities, that's a part of that work. and just a few miles from here in -- county, alabama, we indeed secured a historic first of its kind environmental justice settlement to deal with the lack of access to adequate waste water removal systems, which has exposed families and children to raw sewage. so we are working to put in place a remedy, and provide relief. so, whether you are talking about lead laced water, or illegal dumping, or exposure to raw sewage and health consequences that flow from that, we are doing everything that we can to stand up and ensure that we have environmental justice f

environmental justice policy. >> [ applause ] >> we have done so with the environmental justice policy and a new agency, office of activity. we must maintain process progress in the past and present . the genius of america, i believe, is that we can recognize that we are not yet in a state of perfection, but we will always work to form a perfect union, which is what we are doing in the state of washington. before i close, i want to say that there are two great threats in the u.s. and in our state today. one threat is to the very basic tenants and blessings of democracy. the other is an ongoing assault on a woman's right of choice. we have not forgotten the u.s. supreme court's frightened decision to eliminate roe v. wade. fundamentally, this is an issue of freedom. freedom of choice is of the most intimate and personal decisions in life. both in this room are committed to protecting that i, but none of us are going to hold seats forever. they must face harsh reality that there were forces in our nation and in our own state. city destroyed the right of choice. we need to join eight othe

[applause] president: in the prs delivering environmental justice by reconnects neighborhoods and new opportunities forure prosperity and many possibilities. these investments advance my justice initiative to deliver at as of all the benefits of clean transit, clean energy and climate investment to disadvantaged communities. that's a commitment i madend here in milwaukee will be $36 million in new federal funding to rebuild sixth street. [applause] the president: and a sidewalk for children walking to school, safer bike lanes for residents and visitor, dedicated bus lanes to get to work faster, new trees to provide shade and modern from flowing into the milwaukee river and lake michigan. these of life changing improvements and will make it easier for historic black communities in the north and latino communities in the south to access school, opportunities and entertainment walking the by to getting to the community college. my wife is a full time teacher to a community college. y'all think i'm kidding. i'm not. ensure good construction jobs go to members of the community, benefiting

planning department fairly recently issued a environmental justice aspect to the general plan and so just being sure that we are connected to city wide resources. we are also looking with performance team looking at how our service responses are coordinated with 311 and also other information, so making sure we have equitable responses across the city. i think that's it. yep. open to any questions. >> okay. commissioners, is there any questions for this item? >> kind of a clarifying question i think. i was confused on slide 6, when you break out the management and non management positions. >> that is 6. >> i think the coloring question. it looks like it is like just for representation of black employees, it looks like it-maybe there is a color blindness issue here, but it goes from a green to--it looks like the colors are different and i want to clarify that- >> it is that aqua blue color. my screen it is about the same, but i don't know how it printed up with you. for instance, in 2020-2021, 16 percent of the mccp or management class was black and then for 23-24, 17 percent. >> that

planning department fairly recently issued a environmental justice aspect to the general plan and so just being sure that we are connected to city wide resources. we are also looking with performance team looking at how our service responses are coordinated with 311 and also other information, so making sure we have equitable responses across the city. i think that's it. yep. open to any questions. >> okay. commissioners, is there any questions for this item? >> kind of a clarifying question i think. i was confused on slide 6, when you break out the management and non management positions. >> that is 6. >> i think the coloring question. it looks like it is like just for representation of black employees, it looks like it-maybe there is a color blindness issue here, but it goes from a green to--it looks like the colors are different and i want to clarify that- >> it is that aqua blue color. my screen it is about the same, but i don't know how it printed up with you. for instance, in 2020-2021, 16 percent of the mccp or management class was black and then for 23-24, 17 percent. >> that

literacy for environmental justice, a community volunteer educational program involved with restoringats and preserving san francisco's unique bio tie varsity, teamed up with the redevelopment group to grow the 50,000 native plants to -- to repopulate treasure island. >> the city of san francisco set up meetings between leg and they came in with high expertise and urban design, and architecture, and green infrastructure, but they really hadn't worked with flytive plants -- worked with native plants at scale and they were also kind of scratching their heads, like how are we going to grow 50,000 native plants from remnant native plant populations. it was a unique partnership of figuring out what plants can grow, what plants will function in stormwater gardens. not all native plants are ascetically pleasing to landscape architect, so we kind of worked around what plants are going to be pleasant for people, what plants are going to provide habitat, what plants are going to actually be able to sequester carbon, deal with erosion, preserve the island biodiversity as well as be able to manag

[applause] >> and in the process, delivering environmental justice, new neighborhoods and opportunitiesprosperity ofr any possibilities. these investments advanced my justice 40 initiative released 40%, 40% of all the benefits from clean transit and clean energy and climate investment to disadvantaged communities. that's a commitment i made and we're keeping. here in milwaukee, 36 million dollars and new federal funding to rebuild 6th street. >> (applause) >> make wider sidewalks for children walking to school, safer bike lanes or residents and visitors, to get there fastster, trees fnd sewers to prevent going into lake michigan. and it's going to make it easier for black communities in thrt latino communities in the south, and jobs, music, entertainment from a central hub from watching the milwaukee bucks play to milwaukee technical college. if i didn't mention the milwaukee technical college, i go home, and my wife is at the community college. don't think i'm kidding because i'm not. going to members of the community, benefitting the very same projects. [applause] >> with the healthie

in using title vi to stand up for communities that are affected by environmental justice problems. these are places where we have, for the very first time, used title vi to address issues that affect black and latino communities when it comes to environmental justice. >> one final issue i want to raise with you is conditions in local whole prisons and jails. another incarcerated person has died this weekend. i know your team has investigated conditions in the jails in south carolina and elsewhere and i would love to speak with you more about this issue. we must not forget the humanity of people who are incarcerated. in my closing, let me just say this, we cannot prosecute our way to justice. the civil rights department is the crown jewel of the department, for a good reason. there are people in the division i want to use the law to stop discrimination instead of enabling it. to stop police brutality and to stop the attack on the lgbtq communities instead of enabling it. that is the work of the civil rights division. that is what you have done and what you will continue to do. we wi

today,honor of introducing someone who's been doing this work on green ener jobs and environmental justice, the honorable and remarkable united states department of energy secretary jennifer granholm. . [applause] i am so proud and honored to be par hydrogen part of the clean energy future and doing is holding us and industry and society accountable to make sure those benefitsy all. it is important work we are doing it with intentionality at the front of it. there was some today about the impact of poll about global pollutants, industrial pollution from industries like pollutions tend to sit where they you're making something in your making pollution and you've got particulate matterit's been proven to lead to th asthma, copd, lung cancer. there was a i think mr. thompson said americans the number one reasons african-americans are missing class. was struck by that. my mom and dad have asthma. black community. too the brunt of these negative impacts. i apntnow is the time for usized pollution. now is the time, and i was the moment. you heard about the we got to act now. hydrogen can be one

this is really filed under environmental justice. older homes, especially in san francisco, we have a lot of old homes that also have old gas stoves. and so the idea is we're going to replace 125 gas stoves with 125 portable induction stoves, including the proper cookware, to make sure that we basically take 125 stoves a year out of use in san francisco. and the opportunity is to educate folks through our facebook page, you can enter there, our website, you can enter there, and obviously during the two days of carnaval san francisco, may 25 and 26, at our live festival. you can also visit the sfe booth, the san francisco environment booth, and our carnaval booth to sign up and enter to win these induction stoves. plus, go to the website and receive a whole bunch of information about why it's important to move to induction and electric versus gas, our city of san francisco has said we want to be carbon neutral by 2040 and this is one of the ways that the city is achieving that goal. damian: wow, what a venture, and smart of both the c

a project in the mission district next to the new environmental justice hub with ground for communitypaces all built with union labor. these are important investments that can really sustain our local economy at this time. prop a is not making any demands on our taxes. it will not raise our rent. the city has a long-standing policy to only issue new general obligation bonds in previous bond debt has been retired. prop a will have no impact on tax rates at all. the legislators, the policymakers have really done the hard work of coming together and uniting to create a measure with broad-based support. now it is up to making our case to the voters. >> your opponents say prop a is not the answer. they say san francisco is a very dense city. does it need any more housing, anymore construction? does san francisco need to look to its own economy? what is your response to that? >> affordable housing development is part of our local economy. it is part of stabilizing our local workforce so that folks are able to afford to live in the communities where they are working. as i said, it is for the

remarkable honor of introducing someone who's been doing this work on green energy jobs and environmental justicee and remarkable united states department of energy secretary jennifer granholm. around of applause. [applause] ■9>> i am part of the work sheg to make hydrogen part of the clean energy future and everything she is doing i holding us and industry and society accountable to make sure those benefits are borne by all. it is important work and we are doing it with intentionality at the front of it. there was some conversation when you think about globalt of pollutants, industrial aviationr steelmaking, those pollutions tend to sit where they are. you're making something in your making pollution ave gers that t there. it's been proven to lead to things like asthma, copd, lung cancer. was a comment earlier today in the first panel. i think mr. thompson said ask americans the number one reasons africaami was struck by that. my mom and dad have asthma. there it's all around the black community. too often, we are facing the brunt of these negative impacts. i appreciate those comments today. now

. $1 million for an environmental justice center in new york. t you think they could do this on their own. $1 million for social justice organization, san francisco, to make building improvements. $5 million for a theater, opera house, and other renovations in georgia and pennsylvania. and city hall renovations in washington and r federal govern have to pay for this? states and local governments that take the lead here. today the u.s. national debt is nearly $35 trillion. that's about $6.5 trillion more than it was when biden took office. here's an even more disturbing figure. since january 2023, about 14 months ago the national debt has grown by more than $3 trillion. this explosion of america's debt is a great threat to the national security and stability of our country and it is not going to stop unless we force change. as someone who grew up in public housing and watched my mom table and -- i watched my mom struggle to put food on the table and paid taxes all of her life,■4 there is a lot of failu in the washington that is hitting families li

of slow factory foundation and organization working at the intersection of human rights and environmental justice. thank you all so much for joining us here on the screen for this very important conversation run. yeah, and when we talk about gaza, we're talking about this brutal more. why in your opinion, is still important to talk about climate justice in the midst of this war? i think the environmental vendors, we must center human life and the more advocacy would you not be claiming to advocate for the next month when we have a business database and this will want to reach it as fix that, genocide is all going to be on this not only by my to the also as humans, to defend human rights defenders into the front of my mental defenders and kind of design and for those who feel kind of to humanize us. and i want them to know that the occupation that the use of chemical weapons not only is increasing the level of c, o 2 is increasing deforestation. people don't have access to water and why that is accessible is polluted and causes with that are built like a ton of the demands and i think something el

today,r of introducing someone who's been doing this work on green energy jobs and environmental justice remarkable united states department of energy secretary jennifer granholm. around of applause. [applause] >> i am so proud and honored to be part of the work she is doing to make hydrogen part of the clean energy future and everything she is doing is holding uand industry and society accountable to make sure those benefits are borne by all. it is important work we are doing it with intentionality at the front of it. there was some conversation early today about the impact of pollution on black communities. when you think about global pollutants, industrial pollution from industries like aviation or steelmaking, those pollutions tend to sit where they are. you're making something in your making pollution and you've got particulate matters that sit there. 's been proven to lead to things like asthma, copd, lung cancer. there was a comment earlier today in the first panel. i think mr. thompson said ask americans the number one reasons african-americans are missing class. i was struck by

. >> so not only is this a public health crisis, but it's also an environmental justice issue. and so when you look at it through that lens, that should create a sense of urgency to say that we can't wait any longer. >> reporter: the biden administration has vowed to remove all lead pipes nationwide. here in chicago, the department of water management says it's already introduced programs to remove the city's 400,000 lead service lines and offers residents with free water testing. nora. >> charlie de mar, thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ this isn't charmin! no wonder i don't feel as clean. here's charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! with its diamond weave texture, charmin ultra strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. enjoy the go with charmin. bother the bugs. not your family. ahh! zevo is made with essential oils which

. >> so not only is this a public health crisis, but it's also an environmental justice issue, and son you look at it through that lens, that should create a sense of urgency, to say that we can't wait any longer. >> reporter: the biden administration has vowed to remove all lead pipes nationwide. here in chicago, the department of water management says it's already introduced programs to remove the city's 400,000 lead service lines and offers residents with free water testing. norah? >> norah: charlie de mar, thank you. the number of abortions in the u.s. topped 1 million last year for the first time in over a decade. more than 60% were medication abortions, using a 2-pill regimen to terminate early pregnancies. the increase is despite the 2022 supreme court decision to overturn roe vs. wade that allowed 13 states to ban abortion with few exceptions, forcing many women to travel out of state. the supreme court is set to hear arguments next week in a case that puts access to one of those medications used in abortions at stake. new video of princess catherine has not ended speculation

this means environmental justice, social and economic equity, impact of vulnerable populations, and environmental benefits are factored into decision making and evaluation for coastal flood risk management alternatives. the studies innovative and includes alternative and plans for future actions to address uncertainty of the rate of sea level rise and includes a range of possible future sea level rise scenarios. includes monitoring and adapgz plan that enable the u.s. army corp of engineers the city and public to use best available science to understand when first actions should be taken and shoreline flood ringe mitigation will be needed to adapt to higher water levels. work on the draft plan included extensive collaboration with regional and federal agencies all which informed by more then 6 years of public feedback on the future of the waterfront. today's release of the draft report starts a 60 day period for public comment on the study and we want to hear from you the public. we want to hear from you so we need feedback to get this right. this will be a series of public workshops at the end o

i manage our community partnerships and engagement team at the department and the environmental justice environmental education program is a part of this team. i'm excited to introduce esther tang, who leads our environmental education team. and as you'll hear in esther's presentation, the team has been working really hard to build strong partnerships with the school district and with a number of community partners to expand our environmental education youth efforts, they also have been moving beyond just educating youth and really thinking about how we can inspire and empower youth to take action and with that, i'll turn it over to esther. thank you. thank you. thank you. start out. good evening, commissioners , let me try to slice. okay my name is esther tang, senior environmental education strategist. this is my first update since i took the role about a little over a year ago, so one of my goals since i taking on this role is to build the full team, which we now have since mid-december. so for a while we've been, i think the last couple of years of team has been, you know, the in tr

>> if i could flag one area congresswoman, it would be environmental justice where we have made us historicomplishments in using title vi to stand up for communities that are beleaguered by environmental justice problems. these are places where we have for the first time use title vi to address issues that impact black and latino communities when it comes to justice. >> thank you for that. one final issue i want to raise is conditions at local prisons and jails. i have been demanding answers about the horrific conditions in the jail in my district where another incarcerated person has died this weekend. conditions and jails in south carolina and elsewhere and i would like to speak with you more about this issue. we must not forget the humanity of people that are incarcerated. in my closing, let me just say, we know we cannot prosecute our way to justice but the civil rights division is the crown jewel of the department and for good reason. i know that there are people in the division that want to use the law to stop discrimination. instead of enabling it. to stop police brutality and dissen

and taking action on environmental justice, fence line communities smothered by the legacy of pollutiond patterned after the peace corps and america corps, i launch the climate corps to put 2 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future. i'll triple that number in a decade. [applause] to state the obvious -- all americans deserve the freedom to be safe and america is safer today than when i took offers. office, murder rates were up 30%. 30% they went up. the biggest increase in history. it was then through my american rescue plan, which every america voter voted against, we made the largest investment in public safety ever. last year the murder rate saw the biggest decries in history. the murder rate fell to more than 50%. but we have more to do. more health -- mental health workers. funds to cut down on retail crime and carjacking. taking executive action for police reform and calling for it to be the law of the land. directing my cabinet to review the federal classification of marijuana because no one should be jailed for have it on their record. take on crimes of

and 8 billion climate core, 3 billion global gender equity. 1.5 environmental justice. worldwide, a reparations program, loss and damage, because we're the united states to blame for everything, including climate change, that is hurt the foreign country. i would argue that whole budget is insane. but, you know this is the more insane than the rest of the budget. >> well, it is no change. you keep racking up the money, 34 trillion in debt, and rising and inflation going up. 1.6 trillion for social security discretionary spending, money you have ba been paying, it is gone, the politics have spent it. we're having to tax and take money and have a bigger budget for that this climate hoax, all money into this, the money, i think 482 million supposed to go to ukraine, you know it is just one thing after another that american taxpayers are paying more, borrowing 80 thousand a second, they are in a disa disaster spiral, this budget and inflation is a -- for joe biden. there is no way powell can drop interest rates now. larry: it does box the fed in and biden has said he is expe

i manage our community partnerships and engagement team at the department and the environmental justice environmental education program is a part of this team. i'm excited to introduce esther tang, who leads our environmental education team. and as you'll hear in esther's presentation, the team has been working really hard to build strong partnerships with the school district and with a number of community partners to expand our environmental education youth efforts, they also have been moving beyond just educating youth and really thinking about how we can inspire and empower youth to take action and with that, i'll turn it over to esther. thank you. thank you. thank you. start out. good evening, commissioners , let me try to slice. okay my name is esther tang, senior environmental education strategist. this is my first update since i took the role about a little over a year ago, so one of my goals since i taking on this role is to build the full team, which we now have since mid-december. so for a while we've been, i think the last couple of years of team has been, you know, the in tr

for environmental justice communities, it is also a public health imperative to reduce emissions that pollute our communities. ready have the tools to both cut carbon pollution and maintain reliability. there is also evidence that transmission can help move fossil fuel plants out of environmental justice communities that are already overburdened by pollution. given that many agingplants are going off-line can you explain the role> thank you, representative. that is important to the state of colorado and partially why, in this legislation, we are working on both the di as we think about grid modernization, by getting a 21st century grid, we make it possible to build more renewable energy giving communities rooftop solar to what we call disproportionately impacted communities is something we are looking at. that is a statutory term in colorado and making sure that we have a robust distribution grid so that out to where those renewable resources are. one of the things we colorado that could be a model, we have e

advance the budget request to further improve air quality, utilizing recommendations from environmental justice advocates. my administration has delivered on more than 94% of the actions outlined in the first greenhouse gas production roadmap and we will soon release the second roadmap with more than 40 new actions. we are also grateful we now have federal funding to achieve these goals even faster thanks to the work of the united states congress and president biden. [applause] now we need to cut red tape holding back local investment and unprecedented federal resources in renewable and clean energy including building transmission lines more quickly, renewable energy development, storing carbon dioxide pollution underground. we are excited about legislation led by senator fienberg and senator hanson to expedite these critical clean energy projects,. hand in hand with the climate work is our leadership on protecting and conserving our wildlife and wild places. we will continue to take bold action to protect our cherished public lands. colorado is finally factoring in variables that have long bee

from housing to safety to will environmental justice. so i'm proud of the work that our commissioners have done as well as the staff of the youth commission to support us. through this process. and i'm excited present this to and you happy to answer questions you have as well. with that i will pass it to our vice chair gab tow go over the structure of the youth commission and the structure of our budget and policy priorities report. >> good afternoon supervisors i'm again lastan at vice chair of the youth commission and d6 commissioner. we have dloe committee the housing recreation and transit. civic education and the transform justice committee. we have an executive committee we are all members that spchts the commission's work. and our budget and policy priorities are broken down in the 3 areas. we have budget and policy priorities from youth and school safety to food insecurity and under our 3 issue based committee. >> i will pass it back to chair plumber. >> thank you. so >> thank you. so to begin we will dot civic engage am sxejz co

utilizing recommendations from environmental justice advocates, my administration delivered 95% of the actions outlined in the gas production road map and producing the second with more than 40 new actions. we also are grateful. we have federal funding to achieve these goals even faster thanks to the work of united states congress and president biden. [ applause ] now, now we need to cut red tape that is holding back local investment and unprecedented federal resources and renewable and clean energy including building transmission lines more quickly. renewable energy development, quicker, storing carbon dioxide under ground. excited about legislation to speedup these critical clean energy projects. hand in hand with our climate work. it is our leadership on protecting and conserving our wildlife and wild places. we will continue to take bold action to protect our cherished public land and colorado is finally factoring in the variables that long have been neglected like tracking the rate of year to year lots, improving soil health, and focusing on eco-system resiliency in a face of an e

president biden has the most ambitious climate and clean energy environmental justice agenda ever taken from day one. he has directed us to leave no one behind in this energy transition from communities like the river parishes to thecoal and steel and power plant communities that drove the first industrial revolution and who will be central to the next one. it is the president's core belief that every person deserves to breathe clean air, drink clean water, to live in a healthy community. the critical part of that work is the justice for the initiative which says 40% of the overall benefits of these investments will flow to disadvantaged immunities. our laws, they offer extra incentives to locate clean energy projects in disadvantaged communities. if there is a solar developer who wants to build a community solar project, they get five times the base credit amount if they meet prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. and they get an additional 10% tax credit for locating it in an energy community. if they meet domestic content standards, they can get another 10%, all stackable.