For Elijah Lee, protecting the environment has always been about what’s happening close to home. He grew up in a predominantly Black, low-income community in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and went to school next to a paper mill that filled the air with pollution. He always wondered why it see...
Source: [Grist](https://grist.org/equity/for-black-voters-climate-action-means-little-without-relief-from-rising-costs/)