As Prominent Republicans Mock Environmental Justice, Cleveland Struggles With Pollution And Poison

On Monday, the first day of the Republican National Convention, the GOP platform committee chair was met with a chorus of laughter when he mocked the Democratic party for including climate justice — the part of environmental justice that deals with climate change and greenhouse gas emissions — in their party platform.

“There’s sections about that they call ‘climate justice’ — climate justice!” Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) said, drawing attention to the Democratic Party’s newly-published platform that considers environmental justice to be a key tenet of good environmental policy.

There is no small amount of irony in the fact that Republicans are mocking the concept of environmental justice during a convention that takes place in Cleveland. For years, Cleveland has been at the center of the United States’ domestic environmental policy — and while Republican delegates and politicians joke about climate justice and abolishing the EPA, the city of Cleveland is dealing with environmental problems that pollute its air and poison its residents....
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