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Nanette Barragán: “When I think of climate change, I think in terms of black and brown. When I think of climate change, I think of my black…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
When I think of climate change, I think in terms of black and brown. When I think of climate change, I think of my black and brown constituents who make up 88 percent of my district and who are disproportionately impacted by negative impacts of climate change.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan highlights the disproportionate impact of climate change on communities of color.

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