Marianne Comfort

Jul 25, 2024 | ncronline.org | Brian Roewe |Thomas Reese |Marianne Comfort |Dan Misleh

The election-rattling decision by President Joe Biden to not seek a second term was less than a week old when Robert Bullard, "the father of environmental justice," arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for the first-ever White House summit on environmental justice. The event Wednesday sought to highlight progress by the Biden-Harris administration in its three-and-a-half years in office in limiting pollution, creating healthier communities and addressing environmental inequities.