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Adriano Espaillat: It is frontline communities, communities of color, indigenous communities, women, children, migrants, people with…

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
It is frontline communities, communities of color, indigenous communities, women, children, migrants, people with disabilities, and other marginalized communities who bear the greatest burden, though they contribute the least to the causes of climate change.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat highlights the disproportionate impact of climate change on marginalized communities.

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