The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act aims to promote justice and equitable climate change mitigation by prioritizing benefits for frontline and fence-line communities.
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Describes the goals of the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act related to environmental justice.
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Low-income and minority communities, those that have been disproportionately impacted by pollution and have already seen the effects of climate change, must be a part of the coming energy transition.
This legislation will amend and strengthen Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which will prohibit discrimination based on the disparate impact we endure as Black, fenceline communities.
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