Environmental Justice in Regulatory Decisionmaking

A webinar featuring industry experts discussing opportunities for advancing environmental justice within underserved communities through regulatory guidance.

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Date

Oct. 28, 2024

Time

12:00–3:15 p.m. ET

Participants

Richard D. Morgenstern, Margaret A. Walls, Beia Spiller, Nafisa Lohawala, Arthur G. Fraas, Suzanne Russo, Burçin Ünel, Ann Wolverton, Julia Monsarrat, and Caroline Cecot

Event Series

Webinar

Event Details

As the Biden administration continues to examine opportunities for advancing environmental justice, regulatory guidance has been issued to federal agencies to ensure that government initiatives appropriately benefit communities that may be disadvantaged, marginalized, or otherwise vulnerable.

On Monday, October 28, Resources for the Future (RFF) hosted “Environmental Justice in Regulatory Decisionmaking,” a virtual workshop featuring conversation from RFF scholars and environmental justice specialists, including EPA staffers. Together, they examined potential revisions to EPA Guidance and OMB’s Circular A-4 and both opportunities and challenges in advancing future work in this area.

Speakers:

Burçin Ünel, NYU Institute for Policy Integrity
Margaret Walls, RFF Senior Fellow and Director, Climate Risk and Resilience Program
Beia Spiller, RFF Fellow and Director, Transportation Program
Ann Wolverton, Environmental Protection Agency
Nafisa Lohawala, RFF Fellow
Art Fraas, RFF Visiting Fellow
Julia Monsarrat, Environmental Protection Agency
Dick Morgenstern, RFF Senior Fellow
Caroline Cecot, George Mason University
Suzanne Russo, RFF Fellow and Director, Environmental Justice Initiative (Moderator)

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Topics

Environmental Justice

Participants

Richard D. Morgenstern

Senior Fellow

Richard Morgenstern is a senior fellow at RFF. His research focuses on the economic analysis of environmental issues with an emphasis on the costs, benefits, evaluation, and design of environmental policies.

Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

Beia Spiller

Fellow; Director, Transportation Program

Beia Spiller is a fellow and the director for RFF's Transportation Program. Her recent research has focused around electric vehicles and environmental justice, exploring some of the most pressing issues around electric car, truck and bus adoption.

Nafisa Lohawala

Fellow

Nafisa Lohawala

Arthur G. Fraas

Visiting Fellow

Arthur Fraas is a visiting fellow at Resources for the Future. At RFF, Fraas works on a variety of issues related to energy and the environment, including projects looking at issues and tradeoffs with energy efficiency regulations, and more.