Top Four Ways that the Biden Administration Can Center Environmental Justice Reform
Anita Desikan, Research Analyst | December 10, 2020, 4:30 pm EDT This post is a part of a series on
One of the greatest tragedies in our country is that many communities especially communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous communities are unnecessarily burdened with higher levels of air pollution, contaminated water, and other environmental stressors. This level of pollution results in a heightened risk of a number of serious health issues like asthma, cancer, severe COVID-19 symptoms, and death. Members of underserved communities not only face these long-standing and deeply entrenched inequities, but they also usually have the least access to decisionmakers who will listen to them and who will try and reform the current system.