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Earth Day: it is about equity as well as the environment

by Eleanor Krause and Richard V. Reeves

Richard V. Reeves, Senior Fellow – Economic Studies & Co-Director – Center on Children and Families (Photo: Brookings)  

Low-income and minority households are more likely to live in neighborhoods exposed to higher levels of water and air pollution. Perhaps it’s time to start thinking about environmental poverty as an additional dimension of poverty.

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