imperative and necessary for public health. Federal policy can and should acknowledge, and make use of, the intersections between the interlinked challenges of correcting environmental injustice and reducing greenhouse gas pollution. (6) At the same time, American workers and communities are also suffering from economic inequality and wages are not keeping up with the cost of living for healthcare and other necessities. The trend downward in union representation and the bargaining power that provides for workers has corresponded with an increase in income going to the top 10 percent of earners. Federal climate policy can and should be shaped to diminish economic inequality and expand the rights of workers. (7) All people deserve clean air, clean water, a life free from toxic pollution that endanger public health or welfare, and to share in the benefits of a 100 percent clean economy. (8) Sound climate policies to achieve a 100 percent clean economy will spur the development and manufacturing of new technologies, the construction and repair of infrastructure, the restoration of natural systems for resilience and carbon sequestration, and the creation of new high-quality jobs. These investments can help ensure the competitiveness of the United States in the global economy. (9) As the Federal Government seeks to combat climate change, these new resources and opportunities should be concentrated, as quickly as possible and to the greatest extent practicable, in communities that are currently experiencing or potentially face disproportionate harm from pollution, and that face greater challenges in the transition to a 100 percent clean economy. 4. Federal agency plans (a) Plan development The head of each Federal agency shall, in accordance with this section, develop a plan for actions to be taken by the Federal agency, consistent with the Federal agency’s mission and exclusively through authorities vested in the Federal agency by provisions of law other than this Act, to achieve, in combination with the other Federal