Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Expanded the federal environmental-justice framework, required agency strategic plans and scorecards, and created White House coordinating and advisory structures.

Status: Revoked.

Is Executive Order 14096 still in effect? No. Revoked January 20, 2025.

Families, industrial buildings, a waterway and environmental workers surround civic buildings.
Environmental-justice policy, illustrated symbolically; not a measured pollution map, an identified community or proof of a completed cleanup. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14096 do?

Agencies had strategic-plan duties, with CEQ and OMB assigned recurring scorecards and guidance for the federal program.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order. Official source 1 · Official source 2. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedApril 21, 2023
Lead officialsCEQ, EPA, OMB and all agencies
Express timingStrategic plans within 18 months; recurring scorecards and updates

Before and after

Before the order

Executive Order 12898 supplied the earlier environmental-justice framework, supplemented by Biden-era Justice40 policy.

After the order

Agencies prepared plans and screening tools, but EO 14148 expressly revoked EO 14096 and the successor administration dismantled or redirected the coordinating structure.

EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
AgenciesPrepare environmental-justice strategic plans18 months
CEQ and OMBPublish scorecards and guidanceRecurring
EPAMaintain environmental-justice coordinationOngoing

What happened next

EO 14096 signed.

EO 14148 expressly revoked EO 14096.

Later primary evidence reviewed: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.