Biden prioritizes environmental justice with executive orders and new office.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday to expand his administration's environmental justice goals, including delivering clean air and water to communities nationwide. The order establishes the Office of Environmental Justice at the White House to coordinate the administration's efforts to implement the new directives. Federal agencies will also be tasked with conducting new assessments of their environmental justice efforts, and the results will be made public through a new scorecard to help measure the government's progress on the issue. The president wants to ensure that Americans benefit from cleaner air and water, reduced risk for asthma, cancer, and other health burdens, and better access to green space, safe and affordable housing, and clean transportation.