# E NVIRONMENTAL / EQUITY 

# J USTIICE An EJ Response To The EPA Clean Power Plan

Reverend Leo Woodberry Kingdom Living Temple Woodberry & Associates

# What is Environmental Justice?

Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. EPA has this goal for all communities and persons across this Nation. It will be achieved when everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision

- making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work.

# What is Executive Order 12898?

SUMMARY February 16, 1994 The E.O. directs federal agencies to identify and address the disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their actions on minority and low

- income populations, to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law. The order also directs each agency to develop a strategy for implementing environmental justice . The order is also intended to promote nondiscrimination in federal programs that affect human health and the environment, as well as provide minority and low

- income communities access to public information and public participation

. In addition, the E.O. established an Interagency Working Group (IWG) on environmental justice chaired by the EPA Administrator and comprised of the heads of 11 departments or agencies and several White House offices.

# What is the South Carolina Energy Coalition?

The Coalition ia a group of stateholders consisting of: the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, utilities and cooperatives, regulators, conservation organizations, environmental justice organizations and faith based institutions

# Equity and Environmental Justice

• Reduced Emissions in Residential Proximity Communities and others.

• Equitable Access to renewables and energy efficencey

. • Equitable Costs to EJ Communities.

• Including EJ and CBO in Planning and Implementation.

• Improved Health, Environment and Economic Development.

### Reduced Emissions
African Americans and people of color at lower educational levels and to a lesser degree lower income ere significantly more likely to live within a mile of a polluting facility
. TRI and other methodologies has identified these communities shows greater disparities in exposures to hazards
. Reduced emissions as a part of EPAs CPP should occur for communities most impacted negatively. A reduction because of nuclear generation and other energy generation should not leave these communities in the ssame unjust plight.

# Equitable Access
Justice is not only about equality but equity as well.

• Biomass

• Impoverished Rural Communities

• Solar

• Energy Efficiency

### Equitable Costs Ensure that a disproportionate cost of implementation is not passed on to consumers. Ensure that those least able to pay current energy costs are not left out of renewable programs and opportunities. Ensure that those least able to pay current energy costs are not left out of renewable programs and opportunities

. Ensure that equitable options are available to EJ communities. Ensure that TRUE energy savings are passed on to the consumers in EJ communities.

# Inclusion

• Community Based Organizations

• Environmental Justice Organizations

• Conservation Groups

• Faith Based Institutions

• Neighborhood Associations

# Improvements

• Emissions

• Health

• Energy Generation

• RE and EE

• Energy Savings (Residential, Commercial and Industrial)

# Transformation and Possibilities

• Gathering Initial Stakeholders

• Beyond Problem Solving

• Creating Possibilities

• Guidelines, Rules and Oversight

• Citizen Engagement

• Commitment and Accountability

• Relatedness and Gifts

• Transformation

# Questions and Concerns

• What is the role of nuclear energy generation?

• Is nuclear considered clean and renewable?

• What is the role of natural gas energy generation?

• Is natural gas considered clean and renewable?

• Will an environmental justice analysis be conducted on a federal and state by state level?

• How will compliance with the CPP impact compliance with with other air pollution regulations in terms of other co

- pollutants?

• What is the role of biomass and is it considered as clean and renewable?

# Contact Us
Woodberry & Associates Website: www.wnaconsulting.net
Email: Reverend Leo Woodberry

Leownaconsulting@gmail.com
Telephone: 843 410 3272