Abstract
Federal climate policy has begun to enter a new phase. Several proposals for a Green
New Deal were introduced in Congress and among Democratic primary contenders
beginning in February 2019, and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
issued its majority staff report in June 2020. Still other proposals on environmental
justice for all, a CLEAN Future, and related issues, have sparked discussion and have
been folded into the Select Committee’s report. Virtually all of them highlight a distinct
place for enhancing community engagement, public participation, and multi-stakeholder
partnerships, especially but not only in frontline environmental justice communities.