U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wants environmental justice funds in the Inflation Reduction...
Concrete plant neighboring a retention pond on Homestead Road in the northeast area of Houston, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Houston.U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wants environmental justice funds in the Inflation Reduction Act to flow into northeast Houston as freely as the concrete batch facilities that have come to plague the predominantly Black area.
The bill also earmarks $3 billion for community centers that can “address disproportionate environmental and public health harms related to pollution.” Northeast Houston should have one such center, she said, describing the area as the new “concrete batch Mecca.” Jackson Lee told advocates the new federal funds can offer relief for a community fighting these fights largely by themselves.
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