On the front lines of industrial pollution and neglect, communities bearing the brunt of public health impacts and environmental degradation can find new hope through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Environmental justice leader Harold Mitchell’s firsthand experience with pollution’s dire effects in Spartanburg, South Carolina, inspired him to establish the ReGenesis Institute and ignited a movement for change. The success and lessons learned in Spartanburg are guiding ReGenesis in their efforts to expand their model of community engagement and restoration to other communities, by leveraging the groundbreaking investments from the IRA and BIL. Critical investments in environmental justice are not just addressing past and ongoing harms but also empowering communities with resources to improve public health, lives, and livelihoods in front-line communities.