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Lisa Blunt Rochester: “While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated environmental justice concerns in communities across the country…”

On the recordApril 14, 2021
While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated environmental justice concerns in communities across the country, these concerns are not new.
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Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic · Delaware

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Blunt Rochester highlights the long-standing environmental justice issues worsened by the pandemic.

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