Controversial Biden administration Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the creation of a new government agency called the Office of Environmental Justice on Thursday.
Garland said the OEJ “will serve as the central hub for our efforts to advance our comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy,” working alongside the Civil Rights Division and United States Attorneys’ offices, to “prioritize meaningful and constructive engagement with the communities most affected by environmental crime and injustice.”
“In our environmental enforcement efforts, we will prioritize the cases that will have the greatest impact on the communities most overburdened by environmental harm,” Garland said.
Garland then claimed “communities of color, indigenous communities, and low-income communities often bear the brunt of the harm caused by environmental crime, pollution and climate change.”
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The attorney general did not elaborate on these claims.
The announcement comes during a period of political and economic turmoil in the US.
President Joe Biden recently attacked “ultra MAGA” Republicans as being “the most extreme political organisation that’s existed in American history.”
“I don’t want to hear Republicans talk about deficits and their ultra MAGA agenda,” Biden said, attacking an economic plan from Florida Senator Rick Scott. “I want to hear about fairness. I want to hear about decency. I want to help ordinary people.”
Biden continued his insinuation that supporters of President Trump and ordinary Republicans were radical “ultra MAGA” extremists when responding to the only question of the press conference, that discussed the recent news that the Supreme Court may be looking to overturn Roe v. Wade.
“This is about a lot more than abortion,” Biden argued, claiming that supporters of President Trump want to remove the “inherent right” to privacy, an argument that many on the left have touted in defence of Roe.
“Is that legit, under the way that the decision is written? What are the next things that are gonna be attacked?” he continued, slamming the “MAGA crowd” as being “the most extreme political organisation that’s existed in American history,” despite countless radical extremist groups, including communist terrorists, existing in recent times.
