TagExecutive Orders(13)

This Congressional Research Service report explains how President Trump's 2025 executive orders revoked earlier Clinton and Biden administration environmental justice policies and directed federal agencies, including the EPA, to close environmental justice offices and end related programs. The report outlines which specific EPA programs and activities may be affected, such as grant programs, screening tools, and interagency councils. It also notes that while the executive orders change agency priorities, they do not override existing federal pollution control laws that Congress has established.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Executive Order 23-02 on November 15, 2023, requiring all state executive agencies to create plain language policies to make public documents easier to understand. Agencies must prioritize rewriting their most-used public forms and documents, and the Department of Enterprise Services will provide plain language training for state employees by June 30, 2024. The order aims to ensure all Washingtonians, including non-native English speakers, can access and understand government information.

Executive Order 13045, signed by President Clinton in April 1997, directs federal agencies to identify and address environmental health and safety risks that disproportionately affect children, recognizing that children are more vulnerable due to their developing bodies and behaviors. The order establishes a Task Force co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the EPA Administrator to coordinate federal research and recommend protective strategies. It also requires agencies to evaluate the effects of significant regulations on children's health and safety before those rules take effect.