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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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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley connects environmental injustices to historical redlining in her district.

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