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10 Black climate leaders fighting for environmental and racial justice
This Earth Day, we re celebrating just a few #BlackandGreen leaders who ve made a mark on the climate movement. (L-R) Environmental activists Leah Thomas
and Rue Mapp; and EPA Administrator Michael Regan (Photo:
Contrary to what we see in the mainstream, the climate movement is not predominantly white. Though a failure to tell a full history and a lack of racial representation within the organizational sphere, persists, the truth is, Black people have long been stewards for the planet.
In celebration of
Earth Day,
theGrio is highlighting just a few leaders who’ve made a lasting impact in conservation, to climate science, government administration and grassroots organizing.
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LET’S GET LEGISLATION STARTED: This week will provide the first evidence of how Democrats plan to transform President
Joe Biden’s lofty green infrastructure proposals into actual legislation.
Biden kicks things off today by hosting lawmakers from both parties at the White House. Hearings later in the week will give us a sense if Republicans are prepared to engage on Democratic ideas, or plan to stick with their argument that the infrastructure discussion should be confined mostly to roads and bridges.