Michael L. Connor was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) on November 29th, 2021, and serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Army on all matters related to the Army\u2019s Civil Works Program (Photo: William Pratt \/ U. S. Army)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nConnor is new as Assistant Secretary, starting November 29, 2021. His top priorities are climate change, along with environmental justice and \u201ccreating good paying jobs,\u201d according to his written testimony. He explained that a \u201cwhole of government effort\u201d will \u201ctackle the climate crisis at home.\u201d Going forward, project review will include extra steps because of the involvement of the new Water Subcabinet, the Coastal Resilience Interagency Working Group and efforts to make 40% of project benefits \u201cflow to disadvantaged communities \u2013 the Justice40 Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n
From a review of at least some of the Chief\u2019s Reports those priority topics and concepts aren\u2019t readily evident among the criteria used for an otherwise favorable review. Likely, upcoming Reports will make clearer how climate and environmental justice will balance with priorities such as flooding and navigation.<\/p>\n
Gen. Spellmon said, \u201cThe Corps is moving forward to help address the vast water resource challenges posed by global climate change, including water scarcity, sea level rise, and observed increases in severe weather events.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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