; (11) environmental justice advocates seek healthy home, work, and recreational environments for all human beings, and healthy habitats for non-human life; (12) community health depends in part upon factors like adequate transit options, walkable neighborhoods, and other public goods that marginalized communities are often denied; (13) environmental justice requires responsible and balanced use of land and resources, in a way that does not unfairly burden marginalized communities; (14) environmental justice can only be achieved and sustained in the context of a greener economy; (15) “greening” the economy requires concrete governmental actions, including investments in clean technologies; in sustainable, low-carbon transportation and energy production systems; and in workforce training initiatives that prepare citizens for well-paying jobs in new or evolving industries; (16) environmental justice requires fair processes and a good-faith approach to public policy, including regulatory decision making; (17) in the 1990s, in response to the environmental justice movement, Federal agencies were directed to incorporate environmental justice goals into their programs and activities; (18) vulnerable populations and marginalized communities continue urgently to need fairer environmental policies, and more inclusive and equitable processes; and (19) all Americans would be better served by a policymaking process that did not unfairly prioritize the comfort and health of some groups or communities at the expense of others. 20602. Sense of Congress Congress— (1) reaffirms the vital importance of clean air, clean water, resource conservation, and other policy goals that spurred lawmakers to enact existing environmental and public health protections; (2) affirms that the need for adequate environmental and public health protections is inextricably linked with the need for a more sustainable economy and greener, more livable communities