Biden to sign order prioritizing 'environmental justice'

WASHINGTON AP" target="_self">(AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order that would create the White House Office of Environmental Justice. 

Biden will sign the executive order to continue delivering on “the most ambitious environmental justice agenda in our nation’s history,” the White House said in a statement.  

The order tells executive branch agencies to use data and scientific research to understand how pollution hurts people's health, so that work can be done to limit any damage. Under the order, executive agencies would be required to inform nearby communities if toxic substances were released from a federal facility.