Since its founding, environmental justice has been grounded in dismantling systemic racism. Those who have experienced environmental racism, social and racial inequities, an overburden of climate change consequences and the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19, understand that what will help move the United States forward — whether from the coronavirus, economic and climate crises — is an administration that lifts them up and act in their best interest. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is now the Democratic Party vice presidential nominee, has the opportunity to propel the fight for environmental and climate justice into a broader conversation. Continue reading here.