More jobs and more pollution means less time at work!
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/ ... -sense?%3F
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The office, created during the George H.W. Bush administration, defines its mission as reducing the disproportionate impacts environmental problems have on minority, low-income, and indigenous people by integrating these concerns into all the EPA's decision-making. Since its founding, the office has distributed $24 million in grants to 1,400 communities.
In his resignation letter, Ali attempted to make the case for the Office of Environmental Justice by appealing to Pruitt's interest in economic growth. He described what happened in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which received a $20,000 grant from the EPA to address the community's abandoned dump sites that were leaching toxic chemicals. The mostly low-income, African American residents of the region experienced high rates of cancer and respiratory disease. Local black leaders leveraged that grant into $270 million from investors and the government to revitalize the city, "creating jobs and improving their environments through collaborative partnerships," Ali wrote. "When I hear we are considering making cuts to grant programs like the EJ small grants or Collaborative Problem Solving programs, which have assisted over 1400 communities, I wonder if our new leadership has had the opportunity to converse with those who need our help the most."
Those poor, poor people who support DJT.
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