Ayanna Pressley: “It is no coincidence that the urban heat island effect is more…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2021

It is no coincidence that the urban heat island effect is more pronounced in the same neighborhoods that have been historically redlined.

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Pressley connects environmental injustices to historical redlining in her district.

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