DOJ Announces New Office Focusing on Climate Crisis


There’s now a 50/50 chance that the world will surpass a critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming in the next five years, a new World Meteorological Organization report shows, warning of heating that could have devastating impacts on systems like coral reefs as well as Arctic ice. Inaction now would lead to catastrophic results, the WMO warned.
The United States was quick to respond to the impending climate crisis, as Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that the Justice Department will be opening a new office aimed at addressing the department’s environmental justice efforts.

This is good news. For too long, big polluters have run roughshod over our neediest communities, exposing them to dangerous levels of pollution. It’s time for this to stop.https://t.co/EUhBsoJxYD
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) May 7, 2022
Justice Department Launches Comprehensive Environmental Justice Strategy
Attorney General Launches New Office of Environmental Justicehttps://t.co/Gs3Thiahlq
— Justice Department (@TheJusticeDept) May 5, 2022
Speaking alongside the attorney general, EPA Administrator Michael Regan also stressed the importance of the department’s ability to use the projects in cases, saying: “Communities, particularly those with environmental justice concerns, deserve the assurance that their government will take vigorous enforcement action when polluters flout the law and jeopardize their well-being.”