Elizabeth Warren unveils a $1 trillion environmental justice plan for low-income communities

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Source: CNBC

Elizabeth Warren unveils a $1 trillion environmental justice plan for low-income communities

PUBLISHED WED, OCT 9 2019 11:21 AM EDT UPDATED WED, OCT 9 2019 12:38 PM EDT
Emma Newburger

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced on Wednesday an environmental justice plan to defend low-income and minority communities against pollution, contamination and extreme weather events that are exacerbated by climate change.

The plan calls for spending at least $1 trillion in the next decade on the country’s most vulnerable communities, which are often concentrated in highly polluted areas and exposed to contamination from lead and other toxic chemicals from industrial and agricultural runoff.

“Our crisis of environmental injustice is the result of decades of discrimination and environmental racism compounding in communities that have been overlooked for too long,” Warren wrote in her plan.

“The same communities that have borne the brunt of industrial pollution are now on the fro

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2. Environmental Racism Is Underreported And Underappreciated As A Major Issue

Correcting it is one of the best examples of a win/win for poorer/minority communities and the planet.