Environmental Enlistees

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President Clinton's 1994 executive order mandated these 17 agencies to develop formal strategies for addressing environmental justice. A representative from each was directed to serve on an interagency working group to help coordinate agency activity. Independent agencies were requested but not required to comply.

  • Defense Department
  • Health and Human Services Department
  • Housing and Urban Development Department
  • Labor Department
  • Agriculture Department
  • Transportation Department
  • Justice Department
  • Interior Department
  • Commerce Department
  • Energy Department
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Office of the Deputy Assistant to the President

    for Environmental Policy

  • Office of the Assistant to the President

    for Domestic Policy

  • National Economic Council
  • Council of Economic Advisers
Source: Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations"

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