The Advancing Environmental Justice Report provides a brief history of the environmental justice movement, the role of and funding investments made by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Division of Extramural research and Training (DERT), an analysis of those contributions, conclusions, and suggested next steps.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is enforced by the Office for Civil Rights.
HHS follows the Environmental Protection Agency ‘s (EPA) federal effort to provide an environment where all people enjoy the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards.
Enviro-Health Resources (NIH/NLM)
Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) Funding Opportunity Announcements
Federal Action Plan to Reduce Asthma
EPA Environmental Justice Blog
Executive Order 12898 (PDF - 123 KB)