“With this level of science and data, we can more effectively center EPA’s mission on achieving environmental justice for all.”
looked at climate change and social vulnerability in the United States. It found that people of color, low-income workers, and people 65 and over are statistically most affected by heat waves, poor air quality, flooding, and other disasters caused by global warming. Long known to environmental activists, the findings in this official government report amounts to what may be the first real federal acknowledgement of the fact that we are not all equal in the fight for our future.
While begun while Trump was in office, the study was elevated by the new administration, which “took ownership of this report,”
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