“Environmental racism — I’m not sure what to do with that term,” said an official with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
A group of Houston residents awoke at 4 a.m. and boarded buses to travel more than 160 miles to discuss environmental racism — and the issue seemed to confuse an official with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
“Environmental racism,” Jon Niermann said at a hearing at the state Capitol in Austin. “I’m not sure what to do with that term,” the today!
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