Addressing Disproportionate Impacts of Air Quality: RDTF, MAC, EJ Workgroup
The Racial Disparities Task Force on Coronavirus and Michigan Advisory Council on Environmental Justice have formed a workgroup focusing on addressing disparate impacts of air quality and COVID-19. Their initial recommendations include integrating environmental justice in climate initiatives, increasing air monitoring, investigating opportunities for PM 2.5 filters, enhancing emergency notification systems, and providing school air quality assessments in EJ communities. They also aim to integrate EJ in climate initiatives to ensure air quality and climate justice considerations in utility decision making and community transitions away from polluting energy facilities. The EJ Community Schools Air Assessment Program has been developed to protect students in EJ communities from poor air quality and COVID-19 exposure.
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RDTF & MAC EJ WORKGROUP ADDRESSING DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF AIR QUALITY
THE WORKGROUP THE WORKGROUP Includes members of both the Racial Disparities Task Force on Coronavirus and the Michigan Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. Focused on short- and long-term opportunities to address disparate impacts of air quality and COVID 19 Meeting bi-weekly
INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS Integrate environmental justice in climate initiatives Increase air monitoring Investigate opportunities for PM 2.5 filters in masks Enhance statewide emergency notification system Offer EJ communities school air quality assessments
INTEGRATE EJ IN CLIMATE INITIATIVES EJ is integral to the Governor s MI Healthy Climate Plan (EO 2020-182 and ED 2020-10) Includes an environmental justice analysis within utilities long term energy planning processes to ensure that air quality and climate justice are considered in utility decision making. Includes a plan to help communities and workers transition in an equitable way away from old polluting energy facilities while protecting their job opportunities, tax base, and critical services. Includes a provision on the identification and consideration of disparate impacts on environmental justice communities in the development of the Climate Solutions Plan
EJ COMMUNITY SCHOOL AIR EJ COMMUNITY SCHOOL AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENTS QUALITY ASSESSMENTS EJ Community Schools Air Assessment Program has been created HVAC system assessments to identify best way to protect students in environmental justice communities from poor quality and exposure to COVID-19 Funding has been set aside for schools in EJ Community HVAC assessments Provide recommendations for improvements Identifying funding to assist with air quality improvements Building on broader K12 schools funding for air quality assessments
