campus-progress:
Issues of climate injustice are of particular importance to marginalized communities. Indigenous people, people of color and low-income communities are disproportionately threatened by environmental hazards. A Commission for Racial Justice study found race to be the most potent variable in predicting where toxic and hazardous facilities would be located—more powerful than poverty, land values, and home ownership.
Campus Progress reporter Bridget Todd spoke with some rally-goers on reason why climate change is also a racial justice issue.
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