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Provided by: New York State Climate Act |Published on: February 12, 2024
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Synopsis
This article examines the responsibilities and actions of New York's Climate Justice Working Group, the environmental legislation that this group is empowered by, and the geographical makeup of this group.
Students will read about the vote to approve criteria related to climate justice, the Climate Act's role in this group's work, and the representatives that comprise the group.
This article is well-organized and easy to understand.
This article provides students with positive information regarding climate change legislation.
Additional Prerequisites
Under the article, there is an archive of this group's past meetings.
It may help students to have an intermediate understanding of environmental injustice/racism.
Students should understand how air pollution impacts health.
Differentiation
Students can use this article for a research project on efforts to fight environmental injustice in the United States.
Language arts students can write informative pieces to explain environmental injustice.
This article can enhance a classroom discussion on groups that have dealt with environmental injustice and why this injustice occurred in the first place.
Students can research the Clean Air Act and other forms of environmental legislation.
After reading this article, history students can do more research to create a timeline of historical events that have contributed to the current circumstances of environmental racism and injustice.
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