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About the author: Marcus Peacock is EPA’s Deputy Administrator. Last week Pope Benedict XVI visited the White House. This reminded me of an encounter a friend of mine, Neil, had with Pope John Paul II...
View ArticleBlack History Month: Administrator Lisa P. Jackson: Black Women in History...
By Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Every February, our nation marks Black History Month. In 2012 we have spent the month honoring the work of African American women who shaped our country and earned...
View ArticleDr. King’s Dream and Environmental Justice
President Obama will mark the anniversary of the March on Washington today at the Lincoln Memorial, the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic speech 50 years ago. As we all reflect on Dr. King’s...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Years of Civil Rights and Environmental Justice
The Environmental Protection Agency is driven by a fundamental belief that everyone has a right to clean air to breathe, safe water to drink, and healthy land to call our home. At the heart of that...
View ArticleA Call to Public Service: Civil Rights and Environmental Justice
As a child growing up in the 1950s in upstate New York, my days were filled with school, baseball, and playing in the woods. In my early years, I was mostly unaware of the broader social issues of the...
View ArticleAnnouncing a Series of Actions to Strengthen EPA’s Civil Rights Program
By A. Stanley Meiburg, Acting Deputy Administrator Today, EPA is taking both regulatory and management actions to move its civil rights program forward and prevent discrimination. EPA takes seriously...
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