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Environmental injustice in Tennessee

Environmental injustice in Tennessee

The Legislature removed an effective climate justice advocate who was representing one of the most-polluted districts in the state.

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Apr 11, 2023
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Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis speaks on his phone while being expelled from the state Legislature on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Source: Seth Herald/Getty Images.

Last week, a supermajority of Republicans in Tennessee’s state House made the shocking decision to remove two of their Black Democratic colleagues from the state Le…

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