Donald McEachin: “Unrestricted commercial logging will not curb carbon pollution or make our communities safe.”

The act will also hold companies accountable by allowing those of us impacted to seek legal remedy when they discriminate against us.

We have Pueblo and Dine and Chicano communities that are still dealing with mines that have been left unremediated and contaminated groundwater that is undrinkable.

The Environmental Justice for All Act is informed by the belief that federal policy can and should strive for environmental justice, health equity, and climate justice for all deliberately overlooked and underserved communities.

This is not a hypothetical. This is something that has affected our communities for generations.