Port-adjacent communities, like Newark’s Ironbound and South Ward neighborhoods, are home to high concentrations of polluting facilities and have some of the country's highest rates of childhood asthma.
Hanna is joining our Clean Water family to work on energy efficiency upgrades for residents of Southeastern Massachusetts through Mass Save as part of their Community First Partnership.
The labor and environmental movements are organizing together to ensure that this work is not only building a cleaner future, but also building economic opportunity in the form of good, union jobs.
During the month of March, I had the opportunity to attend the Moving Forward Network conference in Washington DC. The conference brought together a diverse and talented group of individuals and organizations committed to fighting for environmental justice and promoting sustainable communities.