The Mission of the EPA is to Protect Human Health and The Natural Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) creates and enforces laws designed to protect the environment and human health. 4 As part of their mission, they seek to ensure that Americans have a clean environment, including the air, water, and land they use and enjoy.
Why we Need The EPA
Cuyahoga River on fire, 1969 in Cleveland, OH. The River caught fire (!) and flames reached five stories in height. It burned docks, piers, and boats. This incident was a graphic reminder how bad things had gotten, and kick off the modern environmental movement.
Frequent Questions for Specific EPA Programs/Topics
EPA maintains answers to frequent questions about many topics in searchable databases. In addition, some individual offices and programs maintain their own Frequent Questions web pages.
Agriculture
Hazardous Waste: including generators, transport, identification, permits
Popular Services from Environmental Protection Agency
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The EPA Fights for Environmental Justice
The EPA works hard to make sure that low-income communities and communities of color are given a voice and put before polluter profits. The EPA is a real champion when it comes to holding polluters accountable for making communities sick that are historically disadvantaged.
Executive Order 12898 directed federal agencies to develop environmental justice strategies to help federal agencies address disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs on minority and low-income populations.
The Presidential Memorandum accompanying the order underscores certain provisions of existing law that can help ensure that all communities and persons across the nation live in a safe and healthy environment.
Meaningful involvement means:
People have an opportunity to participate in decisions about activities that may affect their environment and/or health;
The public's contribution can influence the regulatory agency's decision;
Community concerns will be considered in the decision making process; and
Decision makers will seek out and facilitate the involvement of those potentially affected.
Every regional and headquarter office has an environmental justice coordinator who serves as a focal point within that organization. This network of individuals provides outreach and educational opportunities to external, as well as internal, individuals and organizations. To find out more about Agency efforts to address environmental justice, contact an EJ coordinator based on your location or area of interest.
EPA: The Environmental Protection Agency: The EPA works hard to make sure that low-income communities and communities of color are given a voice and put before polluter profits. The EPA is a real champion when it comes to holding polluters accountable for making communities sick that are historically disadvantaged.
OTHER GOVENRMENT AGENCIES OFFERING CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND LOW CARBON SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
NATIONAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK
In order to serve in this partner role, the Federal Government will need to have a continued focus on reforming and modernizing Federal programs and policies in ...
High-Speed Internet Funding Programs
Three programs that provide funding to promote digital inclusion and advance equity for all. States and territories across the nation have Signed On to the Internet For All Initiative and committed to connecting their communities to reliable high-speed Internet for less. These programs will provide more than $48 billion for infrastructure deployment, skills training and access to technologies essential for Americans to connect with their communities, their democracy, and one another.
Office of the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer (.gov)
The Federal Government is the largest purchaser in the world, with annual purchasing power of over $630 billion. To harness that procurement power while making historic investments in the nation's infrastructure, President's Biden charged his Administration through his December 2021 Federal Sustainability Plan and Executive Order 14057 to launch a Buy Clean Task Force and initiative to promote use of low-carbon, made in America construction materials. Through Buy Clean, the Federal Government is for the first time prioritizing the use of American-made, lower-carbon construction materials in Federal procurement and Federally-funded projects. This is advancing America's industrial capacity to supply the goods and materials of the future while growing good jobs for American workers.
USAID Climate Strategy 2022-2030
U.S. Agency for International Development (.gov)
Addressing climate change is a top priority for. USAID as part of the U.S. government's renewed and strengthened commitments to building climate resilience
As the world's largest climate fund, GCF accelerates transformative climate action in developing countries through a country-owned partnership approach.
Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy
Although many national governments have ... policy can help with the development and diffusion of climate-resilient technologies. ... Climate resilience is the ...
USAID Enabling Environment for Climate Resilience ...
f Results Framework · More than 25 national government organizations are now involved in climate change planning, with several GoB stakeholders.
