CEQ Training Sessions for New Tool Contributing to the Justice40 Initiative

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has created a Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) to help advance President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The tool aims to help federal agencies identify disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution for the purposes of the Justice40 Initiative.

The current version of the tool provides socioeconomic, environmental, health and climate information to inform decisions that may affect these communities. The tool is currently in a public beta form and will be updated based on feedback and research, which can be submitted through the tool itself or via the Request for Information by April 25.

CEQ will host several public training sessions (registration required). FTA encourages all interested parties to attend due to the CEJST’s connection to the Justice40 Initiative.

• Public Training Session: Wednesday, March 16 @ 4:00 pm ET
  Register: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/
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• Public Listening Session: Tuesday, March 22 @ 4:00 pm ET
  Register: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/
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• Public Listening Session: Friday, April 15 @ 4:00 pm ET
  Register: https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/
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Links:
Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Justice40 Initiative
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad Executive Order