On this episode of Climate Compassion, your hosts, Clara Chae and Mia Calcano, touch on the Biden Administration and its response (or rather lack of) to the rising demands of the Environmental Justice movement in the United States. As they work through Biden’s recent presidential address in April and analyze the methods to his madness, they intertwine the stories of local communities across America. Listen as Chae and Calcano go back and forth on whether or not the executive orders passed by Biden in pursuit of justice meet the criteria of what the most devastated victims of climate change require in order to thrive once again.

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Intro and outro music: Moonshine by Prigada

Beginning soundbites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHRu0VV-Dbw

Check out these sources to learn more about the policies, activism, and solutions we speak about:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/04/21/executive-order-on-revitalizing-our-nations-commitment-to-environmental-justice-for-all/

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963380189/with-28-executive-orders-signed-president-biden-is-off-to-a-record-start

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-biden-executive-order-continues-to-advance-environmental-justice-agenda-1

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171202746/president-biden-plans-to-sign-a-new-executive-order-on-environmental-justice

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963667177/biden-promises-to-grapple-with-environmental-racism

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/29/956012329/hope-and-skepticism-as-biden-promises-to-address-environmental-racism

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/03/963667177/biden-promises-to-grapple-with-environmental-racism

https://ejscorecard.geoplatform.gov/scorecard/