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The environmental justice braintrust
A dispatch from the Congressional Black Caucus conference |
Grist |
03 Oct 2007 |
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| The following is a guest essay by Lauren Trevisan, environmental justice program assistant for the Sierra Club. ----- Appropriately, the theme of this year's 37th annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., was "Unleashing Our Power." For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives has four African-Americans serving as chairpersons of major committees. In addition, 17 African-Americans lead major ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, legislation, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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