"In St. Louis, like in so many Black, brown, and Indigenous communities, we feel the effects of environmental injustice every day.Our survival is not radical.This #EarthDay, we recommitted St. Louis to passing a Green New Deal."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Cori Bush:
"I am a Black Congresswoman with asthma - asthma made worse by police tear gas & growing up in toxic neighborhoods.Black children in St. Louis make 10x more visits to the emergency room for asthma than white children every year.This deadly environmental racism must change." on April 24Read on Twitter
"Trans rights are human rights." on April 22Read on Twitter
"When fossil fuel companies produce greenhouse gas emissions, St. Louis heats up.When St. Louis heats up, more bullets fly and utility bills rise.The climate crisis hits Black and brown communities the hardest.This #EarthDay, we demand a Green New Deal." on April 22Read on Twitter
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