Education and Awareness Will Promote Environmental Justice

Education and consciousness promote environmental justice The purpose of this environmental justice conference is simple. Firstly, I will explore whether ethnic minorities and the poor are protected by environmental protection, and secondly to evaluate public policy to promote environmental equity. Each speaker provides insight and information about each specialized field. Led by Keynote Speaker Bunyan Bryant, they take advantage of environmental research and social justice in the fields of academic research, government and public policy, sociology, medicine and philosophy.

One of the main goals of NEPA is to promote environmental justice throughout American society. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines environmental justice as a community involvement in the development, implementation and implementation of regional policies, regulations and law, regardless of race, income, nationality, and the color of the members of the community doing. The NEPA approved program should provide the same level of environmental health standards to all members of the community and ensure that all members equally participate in policy and program decision making processes.

Prior to 2017, the EPA had spent more than $ 8.7 million annually on environmental education to raise awareness of environmental protection awareness and current environmental issues and their impact. They aim to promote universal access to the skills and knowledge necessary for ordinary citizens to make decisions and engage in activities leading to environmental problems. As of March 2017, EPA's budget has a serious impact on the situation of environmental education. In 2018, the US federal budget was reduced by approximately 2.5 billion dollars from the EPA's annual budget of about 8 billion dollars, and the environmental education budget was reduced 94% from $ 8.7 million to 555,000 dollars.

Changes in the direction of environmental policies in the US under the Trump regime brought about changes in the environmental justice department. Mr. Mustafa A. Ali of the Environmental Legal Department of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America resigned on March 9, 2017 due to the reduction plan proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency. The original budget plan will reduce the budget of the Environmental Law Department by a quarter and reduce the number of employees by 20%. The environmental justice program is one out of twelve who easily loses all government funds.