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Environmental justice? Not if Project 2025 has a say.

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Project 2025 , crafted by the Heritage Foundation , is widely-acknowledged to be a blueprint for a potential Trump presidency.

It proposes halting “all grants to advocacy groups” and reviewing “which potential federal investments will lead to tangible environmental improvements” This almost certainly targets initiatives passed under President Joe Biden that seek to serve communities disproportionately affected by climate change or legacy pollution.

The Biden Administration has tried to rectify past oversight of environmental justice communities.

The EPA has already funneled $234 million to environmental justice groups to help remedy these issues.

Many grantees feel that the Biden administration’s attempt to account for the historic discrimination that saddled communities of color with legacy pollution or made them more vulnerable to climate change is a step in the right direction.

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