CJA and Grassroots Coalition Celebrate New House Environmental Justice Caucus - Climate Justice Alliance

CJA and Grassroots Coalition Celebrate New House Environmental Justice Caucus - Climate Justice Alliance

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E&E News: House progressives launch environmental justice caucus

The caucus hopes to shape a new iteration of a landmark environmental justice bill.

Lawmakers Launch Environmental Justice Caucus

(AURN News) — “So many of our communities have been disinvested in systemically. We know this around cities, but it’s also true in the rural areas of our communities, in our indigenous communities, so many places have not seen real investment in their water systems or utility systems, even in like the basics of where they can find jobs,” one lawmaker said. That frustration is now turning into action. On Capitol Hill, Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., Ras…