See where state money is funding environmental work in Snohomish County
EVERETT — A new online dashboard aims to show where seven state agencies are spending dollars from an environment justice law focused on overburdened populations.
Passed in 2021, the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act requires the state departments of ecology, agriculture, commerce, health, natural resources, transportation and the Puget Sound Partnership to identify and address environmental health disparities in overburdened and vulnerable communities.
Under the law, agencies must invest 40% of funding for environmental projects toward overburdened communities, including low-income populations, racial and ethnic minorities or workers vulnerable to environmental harms, such as agricultural workers.
“We have a real opportunity to change the narrative in these communities and make sure that they are benefitting as we’re trying to lift up the whole state,” said Carrie Sessions, senior policy advisor to Gov. Jay Inslee for environment and water.
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