A look at environmental justice efforts in Connecticut: 'It's everybody's problem'
The Environmental Protection Agency recently launched a new office dedicated to environmental justice and civil rights.
EPA administrator Michael Regan says the 200-person office was needed to elevate the fight for overlooked communities, who are too-often left vulnerable to pollution, contamination, or as one guest notes, "food apartheid." There are plans to distribute $3 billion in grant money to communities in need.
This hour, we dig into the issue of environmental justice. What are the environmental injustices where we live, and who is pushing for change? How are EJ advocates feeling?…
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