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On the recordJune 8, 2020
For too long, Black and brown and underserved communities have suffered the devastating impacts of environmental justice living on the front lines of our climate crisis and fence lines of polluting industries.
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Donald McEachin
Virginia

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McEachin calls attention to environmental injustice faced by marginalized communities.

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