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Environmental justice has the White House's attention, building on 40 years of struggle – but California suggests new funding won't immediately solve deeply entrenched problems

  • Written by Tracy Perkins, Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University
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A new office within the Environmental Protection Agency is bringing increased attention to a once-obscure concept: environmental justice.

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