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CARB appoints additional members to Environmental Justice Advisory Committee

SACRAMENTO – The California Air Resources Board today announced the appointment of ten new members to the AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC). This brings the total number of members to 21. On May 20, the Board delegated to its Executive Officer the authority to select and appoint additional committee members from underrepresented areas, including from the Inland Empire, the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego, California Native American Tribes, and Labor. The newly appointed representatives include: David Campbell, United Steelworkers Simeon Gant, Green Technical Education and Employment Angel Garcia, Californians for Pesticide Reform Georgette Gomez, Toyon Strategies John Kevin Jefferson III, Urban Releaf

Climate Focus: Environmental Injustice

Updated 3 hours ago NBCUniversal Media, LLC Black, indigenous, and people of color often take the brunt of harm caused by climate change and pollution. It’s called environmental injustice, burdening those living near refineries, power plants, landfills or in areas susceptible to poor air quality, extreme heat, flooding, and drought, all of which has been made worse by climate change. There are higher rates of cancer, asthma, and damage to property as wildfires worsen and temperatures rise. But there are some Bay Area grassroots organizations fighting to level the playing field. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.

30 Ways to Live More Sustainably—and Fight Climate Change in the Process

Parable of the Sower, and A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet. Even just assembling a general reading list by Black and Indigenous folks can be instrumental, since for a long time the environmental movement has been predominantly white. “If folks can take the time and take the steps to decolonize and diversify the content they’re consuming about the climate crisis and broaden their understanding beyond just saving the polar bears, recycling, using metal straws,” Agrawal-Hardin says, “and rather turning to Indigenous knowledge or putting Black families and women first … it s really radical and important that individuals start to understand why those things are of importance when it comes to the environment.”

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