EEA's Draft Environmental Justice (EJ) Strategy

EEA’s EJ Policy and Executive Order 552 require that EEA agencies develop their own strategies to “proactively promote environmental justice in all neighborhoods in ways that are tailored to their agencies’ mission.” EEA’s EJ Office convened and led the EJ Task Force to develop this draft EJ Strategy. The public comments period on the draft EJ Strategy has been extended to February 17, 2023.

Schedule

Upcoming events

Prior meetings and related materials

Notice of Listening Session and Opportunity for Public Comment

Two (2) in person and two (2) remote listening sessions are planned for the following dates:

• December 15, 2022, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
  In-person listening session UMass Amherst Center, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01115.
   
• January 10, 2023, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Remote only, register in advance at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pzGFvrsBRoycdZ8pRZKpWg
   
• January 10, 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Remote only, register in advance at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h3pSqAeRQh--b50JnMccfA
   
• January 19, 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  In-person listening session Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, 2300 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
   
• February 15, 2023,6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  In-person listening session at BCYF Quincy Community Center (inside the Josiah Quincy Elementary School) Cafeteria, 885 Washington Street, Boston Chinatown, MA 02111

Please click on a link below to access additional information about these upcoming listening sessions.

English | Español | Português | 中文 | Kreyòl ayisyen |
Tiếng Việt | عربي | ខ្មែរ | Русский | Kriolu

Draft EEA EJ Strategy

This document is available in the following languages for public comment:

English | Español | Português |  中文| Kreyòl ayisyen |
Tiếng Việt | عربي | ខ្មែរ | Русский | Kriolu

Request for paper copies in the above languages can be submitted by email to [e-mail] or submitted in writing to:

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
100 Cambridge St., Suite 900 
Boston, MA 02114 
Attn: Carline Lemoine, Deputy Director of EJ for External Stakeholder Coordination

 

EJ Strategy Survey Questions

Our online survey questions are provided below in multiple languages. The deadline to complete the survey is February 17, 2023.

• English
• En español
• Em português
• Kriolu (Cape Verdean Creole)
• Kreyòl ayisyen (Haitian Creole)
• 普通话
• Bằng tiếng việt
• Khmer
• Russian
• Arabic

Submitting Public Comments on the Draft EJ Strategy

Comments on the Draft EJ Strategy are accepted at this portal or can be submitted through email to [e-mail] until February 17, 2023.

Comments can also be mailed to the address below (postmarked by February 17, 2023):

Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
100 Cambridge St., Suite 900 
Boston, MA 02114 
Attn: Carline Lemoine, Deputy Director of EJ for External Stakeholder Coordination

EJ Task Force

Learn more about the EJ Task Force

If you have any questions on EEA's Draft EJ Strategy and the public engagement process, please contact Carline Lemoine, Deputy Director of EJ for External Stakeholder Coordination at [e-mail].