EPA strategic plan touts climate, environmental justice goals

摘要

EPA has released a new forward-looking proposal that puts fighting climate change and advancing environmental justice at the center of the agency’s agenda.On Friday, EPA released its draft strategic plan that will help the agency chart its course over the next several years. While emphasizing action on climate and equity, the plan also pays respect toEPA’s history and seeks to build upon it.Administrator Michael Regan told EPA employees in an internal email obtained by E&E News that the agency has renewed its commitment to three institutional principles espoused by WilliamRuckelshaus, the agency’s first administrator, which are to "follow the science, follow the law, and be transparent."