Vermont Senator Says State Needs Formal Environmental Justice Policy
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...s environmental justice screening tool now includes flooding data, which will be helpful for Vermont communities like Quechee, seen here, which was hit hard during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. | HopsonRoad, CC BY-3.0, via Wikimedia
Sep 16, 2021
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Vermont Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale first introduced an environmental justice bill in 2007, but the state hasn't codified an official policy on the issue yet.