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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

GreenBiz

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn't lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.

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How 5 communities across the US are seeking environmental justice

AGreenLiving

Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth.