InsideEPA: “Economists Urge EPA To Bolster Cost, Other Assessments In EJ Analysis”
This story details comments made by panelists during an RFF webinar about environmental justice–related decisionmaking.
Economists who contributed to an upcoming study of EPA's environmental justice (EJ) analyses are flagging ways that recent agency EJ assessments of its transportation and other rules fall short, even as they applaud the increased number of such analyses the agency is conducting under the Biden administration.
"EPA has made substantial progress in conducting EJ analysis," New York University's Institute for Policy Integrity Executive Director Burçin Ünel, told an October 28 webinar hosted by Resources for the Future (RFF).
