White House Council on Environmental Quality

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One year ago today, Chair Brenda Mallory was sworn in by the Senate as the first Black woman and 12th Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. Since then, Chair Mallory has traveled across the country to highlight opportunities through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and key initiatives, like Justice40 and America the Beautiful. She has helped to coordinate and advance the Biden-Harris administration’s environmental policy agenda through meaningful engagements with elected federal, state and local leaders, Tribes, stakeholders, and many other communities.

We announced a series of public listening sessions and training webinars on the beta version of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST).

The CEJST will help Federal agencies identify disadvantaged communities for the purposes of the Justice40 Initiative—a signature initiative of the Biden-Harris Administration that seeks to provide 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal investments to disadvantaged communities. The current version of the tool is in a public beta form and will be updated based on public feedback and research. In addition to submitting written comments through the Federal Register, the public can also provide feedback directly on the CEJST website.

Check out the schedule below. For more information and to register for these virtual sessions, go to: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2022/03/03/ceq-announces-public-listening-sessions-and-training-webinars-on-draft-climate-and-economic-justice-screening-tool/

Training Webinars on beta version of CEJST

- Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 4pm ET.
- Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 4pm ET.
- Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 4pm.

Public Listening Sessions on beta version of CEJST

- Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 4pm ET.
- Friday, April 15, 2022 at 4pm ET.

The beta version of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool can be found at https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov.

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