Where I grew up in the Mon Valley, our air is so dirty we have some of the worst pollution in the country causing childhood asthma, emphysema & COPD

I know firsthand that health justice = climate justice

I'm fighting for a Green New Deal so kids in my community can *live*🌎🧵

Four years ago, the people came together to build a multi-racial, multi-generational movement to right the wrongs of environmental racism and demand clean air and water, worker power, union jobs, lower costs and a liveable future for everyone . 2/
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The people know damn well that for this country to be a place where everyone can thrive, we CANNOT let corporate polluters pump toxins into any more Black, brown and poor communities on the backs of taxpayers. 3/
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We can’t let fossil fuel billionaires & the politicians they bankroll turn us against each other

We cannot let them call us “radical” for organizing for the survival of our children–then blame us for the economic pain they inflict to rake in billions as our planet burns. 4/

We’re here because the people joined together to fight for a Green New Deal.

They demanded that Dems put climate at the top of the agenda.

They demanded that we hold the line on No Climate No Deal

...and because of that we won! 5/
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The Green New Deal movement is powerful because it’s intersectional: climate justice, racial justice, economic justice, social justice, and health justice.
Now, we’ve got to get to the finish line! 6/

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On #EarthDay, I'm here to double down on my fight for the 14M Americans in health deserts, the folks suffering from dirty air & water & the folks who can’t afford health care.

It’s time for a #GreenNewDeal for health! 7/#
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