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Tag: redlining
Posted inCLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

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State and national studies show that people of color, low-income earners, and residents of neighborhoods impacted by historic racist policies–redlining–fare worse than others on low air quality days. Many of those neighborhoods are closer to industrial plants and freeways, which contribute to poor air quality.