EPA Invites Youth to Serve on Agency’s First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the formal establishment of the agency’s first-ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council (NEYAC). The NEYAC will provide independent advice and recommendations to Administrator Michael S. Regan on how to increase EPA’s efforts to address a range of environmental issues as they relate to youth communities. The NEYAC will provide a critical perspective on how the impacts of climate change and other environmental harms affect youth communities. The Administrator announced his intent to launch the youth council last June at the Austrian World Summit.

EPA is soliciting applications for youth to fill 16 vacancies on the NEYAC. Selected applicants will contribute to a balance of perspectives, backgrounds, and experience of the council and will be appointed by the Administrator. As a first-of-its-kind committee, all members of NEYAC will be between the ages of 16 and 29.

Applications to the NEYAC are due by August 22, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. To apply for appointment to the council, the below information is required:

  1. Contact information.
  2. Resume OR short biography OR qualification essay.
  3. Statement of Interest.
  4. Media Project.

Visit the EPA NEYAC webpage for more information on the council and to apply.

EPA will be hosting a virtual application webinar where the public can ask EPA staff questions live. The webinar will be on Zoom:

  • Monday, August 7, 2023, at 12 p.m – 1 p.m. ET // Register

 

EPA Launches EJScreen 2.2, The Community Environmental Justice Mapping Tool & Trainings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated EJScreen, the Agency’s publicly available environmental justice (EJ) screening and mapping tool. EJScreen 2.2 makes important improvements to better meet the needs of users, including a redesigned and enhanced report, a new environmental indicator with corresponding indexes, and refreshed demographic and environmental data.

EJScreen 2.2 provides updated reports which compile various datasets into one document to help users better understand the multiple factors that impact their community. It also includes a new environmental indicator on Toxic Releases to Air, as well as associated EJ and supplemental indexes. This new indicator quantifies the relative potential human health impacts from exposure to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals into the air. More information on the new indicator can be found on the EPA’s EJScreen webpage.

Training:
EPA is holding multiple trainings and office hours for users on EJScreen 2.2. The trainings will provide an:

  • Overview Presentation on EJScreen 2.2.
  • Discussion of the New Features.
  • Live Demonstration.
  • Q&A session.

The trainings will feature the same content and will be accessible via Zoom. Registration is not required. More information can be found on the EPA’s EJScreen webpage.