Lawmakers Urge Agencies to Increase Tribal Access to Environmental Justice Funds

Lawmakers Urge Agencies to Increase Tribal Access to Environmental Justice Funds
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) speaks during a news conference in Washington on July 10, 2018. Alex Edelman/Getty Images
Savannah Hulsey Pointer
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House Democrats have called on the Biden administration to improve tribes’ access to environmental justice funding and resources under the administration’s Justice40 initiative.

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Democratic Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Democratic Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) sent letters to multiple agencies on June 14, requesting that access be given to the tribal groups under the initiative.