Strengthen legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous communities.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Strengthen legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, low-income communities, and Indigenous communities.”
Sources
- Cory Booker for Senate (campaign site)https://corybooker.com/about-cory/ ↗
“created the Environmental Justice Act, strengthening legal protections against environmental injustice for communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities.”
- Office of U.S. Senator Cory Booker (senate.gov)https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-grijalva-lee-duckworth-introduce-the-a-donald-mceachin-environmental-justice-for-all-act ↗
“We have a moral obligation to ensure that everyone has access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment.”
- GovInfo (S.919, 118th Congress)https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-118s919is ↗
“A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act ... Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey ...) introduced the following bill”