www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/California-AG-launches-environmental-justice-unit-12646555.phpCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra has appointed a team of lawyers to the new Bureau of Environmental Justice intending to help fight the growing federal deregulation, as well as the health disparities between wealthier and poorer communities. One of their main focuses will be on low-income families and people of color who are disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and public health hazards. They hope to help them by taking on legal cases, of which the office has already had seven rulings in their favor, and getting businesses and agencies to clean contaminated drinking water, reduce exposure to harmful toxins, and prevent waste discharges. Becerra has already filed 30 lawsuits against the federal government, and there are likely more to follow as President Trump, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke continue to deregulate and affect the environment in negative ways. He will start working next week while the remaining three attorneys will join him soon.
Far too many families are suffering from both poverty and pollution as they usually go hand in hand. This simply cannot go on if we ever want to help the poorer communities rise out of their hardship. We cannot sit by and watch the destruction of our communities and planet if we want a better future for the next generations of children. We must protect our children and their children, and the new bureau seems like a great way to do that.
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