{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "Climate___Economic_Justice_Screening_Tool", "guid": "B03E29FB-F654-4501-AAF8-C299215A0782", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "The tool highlights disadvantaged census tracts across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Census tracts are small units of geography that generally contain between 1,200 to 8,000 people, with an average size of 4,000 people. Census tract boundaries for statistical areas are determined by the U.S. Census Bureau once every ten years. The tool utilizes the census tract boundaries from 2010. This was chosen because many of the data sources in the tool currently use the 2010 census boundaries. Additional information on the decision to identify disadvantaged communities at the census tract level can be found in Section III.B. In version 1.0 of the CEJST, communities are considered disadvantaged if they are in census tracts that meet the thresholds for at least one of the tool\u2019s categories of burden, or if they are on land within the boundaries of Federally Recognized Tribes. In addition, census tracts that are completely surrounded by disadvantaged communities are also considered disadvantaged if they meet an adjusted low income threshold. Table 1 provides an overview of the methodology and identifies the methodological changes made between the beta version and version 1.0 of the tool.", "description": "

Version 1.0 Release update - Nov 22, 2022<\/span><\/p>

New & improved<\/span><\/p>

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Added lands within the boundaries of Federally Recognized Tribes and locations of Alaska Native Villages using data from the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior<\/span><\/p>

Added new data for indicators of burden<\/span><\/p>

Climate change<\/span><\/p>

Projected flood risk<\/span><\/p>

Projected wildfire risk<\/span><\/p>

Housing<\/span><\/p>

Historic underinvestment due to redlining<\/span><\/p>

Lack of green space<\/span><\/p>

Lack of plumbing<\/span><\/p>

Legacy pollution<\/span><\/p>

Abandoned mine lands<\/span><\/p>

Formerly used defense sites<\/span><\/p>

Transportation<\/span><\/p>

Transportation barriers<\/span><\/p>

Water and wastewater<\/span><\/p>

Underground storage tanks and releases<\/span><\/p>

Included communities that are completely surrounded by other disadvantaged communities and that meet an adjusted low income threshold<\/span><\/p>

Made technical changes to enhance accuracy of the tool<\/span><\/p>

Removed income data for students enrolled in higher education in the low income indicator<\/span><\/p>

Imputed income for census tracts missing income data<\/span><\/p>

Used transportation barriers and expected population loss rate data burdens only for census tracts with populations of 20 or more to exclude areas such as airports<\/span><\/p>

Improved the user interface<\/span><\/p>

Added demographics (race & age) for census tracts to map side panel<\/span><\/p>

Improved the design of the map side panel<\/span><\/p>

Updated the site copy of the website<\/span><\/p>

Added new data for all the U.S. Territories, and also made a small methodology change for Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>

USVI<\/span><\/p>

Included data from 2010 decennial census for US Virgin Islands<\/span><\/p>

Guam<\/span><\/p>

Included data from 2010 decennial census for Guam<\/span><\/p>

Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>

Removed linguistic isolation as an indicator in the methodology for Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>

Imported additional available data for Puerto Rico<\/span><\/p>

Energy cost<\/span><\/p>

Housing cost<\/span><\/p>

Abandoned mine lands<\/span><\/p>

Proximity to hazardous waste sites<\/span><\/p>

Proximity to Superfund (National Priorities List (NPL)) sites<\/span><\/p>

Proximity to Risk Management Plan (RMP) sites<\/span><\/p>

Enhanced the technical files:<\/span><\/p>

Added all new data indicators and demographics to .xls, .csv, and shapefiles<\/span><\/p>

Added previous versions page to access the beta version\u2019s download files<\/span><\/p>

Updated codebook<\/span><\/p>

Updated Technical Support Document<\/span><\/p>

Improved the way that users provide feedback on the tool:<\/span><\/p>

Data survey<\/span><\/p>

Site experience survey<\/span><\/p>

Census tract feedback<\/span><\/p>

General contact form<\/span><\/p>

Added a link to sign up for email mailing list managed by CEQ<\/span><\/p>

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Fixes<\/span><\/p>

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Bug fix: loaded missing life expectancy data for Maine and Wisconsin<\/span><\/p>

Bug fix: Census tracts that are 100% water should not be included on the map<\/span><\/p>

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release version 1.0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>", "summary": "The tool highlights disadvantaged census tracts across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Census tracts are small units of geography that generally contain between 1,200 to 8,000 people, with an average size of 4,000 people. Census tract boundaries for statistical areas are determined by the U.S. Census Bureau once every ten years. The tool utilizes the census tract boundaries from 2010. This was chosen because many of the data sources in the tool currently use the 2010 census boundaries. Additional information on the decision to identify disadvantaged communities at the census tract level can be found in Section III.B. In version 1.0 of the CEJST, communities are considered disadvantaged if they are in census tracts that meet the thresholds for at least one of the tool\u2019s categories of burden, or if they are on land within the boundaries of Federally Recognized Tribes. In addition, census tracts that are completely surrounded by disadvantaged communities are also considered disadvantaged if they meet an adjusted low income threshold. Table 1 provides an overview of the methodology and identifies the methodological changes made between the beta version and version 1.0 of the tool.", "title": "Climate _ Economic Justice Screening Tool", "tags": [ "climate economic justice", "st tammany parish" ], "type": "Map Service", "typeKeywords": [ "Data", "Service", "Map Service", "ArcGIS Server" ], "thumbnail": "thumbnail/thumbnail.png", "url": "", "extent": [ [ -90.2576600000681, 30.138813999717 ], [ -89.5047350001178, 30.7119949997589 ] ], "minScale": 0, "maxScale": 1.7976931348623157E308, "spatialReference": "GCS_WGS_1984", "accessInformation": "White House Council on Environmental QualityU.S. Digital ServiceNovember 2022https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/downloads", "licenseInfo": "", "_ssl": true }