The Journey of Justice40

In his early days in office, President Biden took executive action to deliver environmental justice. Are those policies delivering justice in practice? This episode, we talk to EJ activists and federal policymakers about Biden's Justice40 Initiative, which directs 40% of the overall benefits of climate investments toward disadvantaged communities. We explore the decades of organizing that led to this moment, and what it will take now to fulfill the promise of the Justice40 Initiative. Our special guest host Nikayla Jefferson is back for this episode! She speaks with former People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH Buffalo) Executive Director Rahwa Ghirmatzion ; Evergreen Action policy lead Rachel Patterson ; and Shalanda Baker , Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) , who leads the agency's Justice40 implementation. In this episode, Rachel cites the Council on Environmental Quality's Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool that aims to identify "disadvantaged communities." Nikayla names the nonprofit, Justice 40 Accelerator , which is helping community groups building capacity to access government funding. Check out the NY Renews coalition , also mentioned in this episode, and listen to another episode hosted by Nikayla, The Stages of Black Climate Grief. Next time we follow Katharine on her journey to the Tongass, a vast temperate rainforest in Alaska and a massive carbon sink, alongside the people and creatures who call it home.

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The Journey of Justice40 is an episode from A Matter of Degrees by Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson.

This episode is 46:22 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2023.

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