Peggy Shepard was featured in a January 22, 2025 USA Today article on the attacks on environmental justice in the executive orders. Two quotes that stood out:
“It really shows there is a war on equity and a real fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of environmental justice,” said Peggy Shepard, executive director and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a national advocacy group based in New York City. “It ensures communities of color will feel the effects on their well-being.”
“They’re claiming that these environmental justice initiatives are illegal and discriminatory when these programs are actually there to reverse the discrimination that’s been occurring for decades,” Shepard said.