Comment Letter on the Environmental Justice Scorecard

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Written By Jessie Mahr

In response to the Request for Information on the Environmental Justice Scorecard from the US Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), EPIC submitted comments in collaboration with the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Hispanic Access Foundation, Center for Progressive Reform, Open Environmental Data Project, One Tree Planted, Anthropocene Alliance, Azavea and the Commons. We recommend CEQ:

  1. Establishing policies and processes to pursue environmental justice goals while developing objective metrics for the scorecard,

  2. Develop national level metrics that incorporate more qualitative and quantitative community data for evaluating environmental justice processes, programs and outcomes, and

  3. Center community engagement and equity in the development and continuous updating of the scorecard and related policies and processes.

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Jessie Mahr

Jessie is the Director of Technology at EPIC. Prior to joining EPIC, she led business development and strategy for Upstream Tech, a technology start-up that uses satellite imagery to monitor and evaluate natural resources. She has also worked on programs related to regional planning for wetlands restoration and urban climate change resilience for the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration and Stantec. Jessie holds a Master of Science in Water Resource Engineering and Environmental Policy from Tufts University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from The University of Texas.

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