Says, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Helped ‘Plant the Seeds’ for ‘Environmental Justice Movement,’
Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped “plant the seeds” of the “environmental justice movement,” which Holder called a “civil rights issue” that is a “high priority” for the Justice Department.
“In 2011, the burden of environmental degradation still falls disproportionately on low-income communities and communities of color, and most often on their youngest residents: our children, my children,” he told the audience at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington.
“This is unacceptable. And it is unconscionable. But through the aggressive enforcement of federal environmental laws in every community, I believe that we can – and I know that we must – change the status quo.”
Holder, the keynote speaker at the event which also featured EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, said “environmental justice” is also a “personal calling.”
“I want you to know that – at every level of the Justice Department, just like here at the EPA – this work is a top priority,” he said, adding, “and, for me, it is also a personal calling,” he said.
Something tells me the Obama administration has found the Goose that lays the Golden eggs,this money will flow trough the ex Shorebank now Urban Partnership Bank and .......follow the money!$ 1 Billion is a lot of money for a re -election!The MAIN PRIORITY !
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