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Q&A: Heather McTeer Toney Reflects on the Ongoing Struggle for Environmental Justice in America
McTeer’s new book is “Before the Streetlights Come On: Black America’s Urgent Call for Climate Solutions.” She calls the Black church and its power to move the electorate a “sleeping giant” for environmental action.
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview on Juneteenth by Host Steve Curwood with Heather McTeer Toney, former Southeast regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama.
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State of Play
The federal government and states are in the process of implementing two laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — an investment of more than a trillion dollars to address climate change.