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A press conference March 26, in Washington, D.C., announced the creation of the Environmental Justice Caucus in the House of Representatives. Democratic Reps. Summer Lee, Pennsylvania; Rashida Tlaib, Michigan; and Adelita Grijalva, Arizona, announced their co-sponsorship of this important caucus.

The caucus offers a mechanism to continue to engage in a participatory policy process that will strengthen the core component of the former Environmental Justice for All Act, now the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act, renamed after McEachin鈥檚 death. The caucus can build on a broad table of representatives from impacted communities and committed members of Congress. This will assist in developing both policy solutions and strategies in a manner that honors the innovative and groundbreaking efforts from the original authors of the bill, McEachin and Rep. Ra煤l Grijalva, Adelita Grijalva鈥檚 father, who died last year.

We lost these two standard-bearers in Congress far too early to cancer. Many in Environmental Justice communities and the movement have also been taken from us by this same devastating disease that is ever-present in communities hurt by environmental injustice. Environmental racism and injustice continue in our communities today. It is our communities where dirty and polluting facilities and processes are located. Additionally, control of our basic resources has been given to corporations, government institutions and particularly the military industrial complex as we suffer the contamination of our land, water and air.

The Environmental Justice for All Act was groundbreaking in both substance and process. Its formation being co-led by Ra煤l Grijalva and McEachin, members the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus, sent a clear message: Environmental injustice disproportionately harms Indigenous, Black, brown and other communities of color and those most affected must lead in shaping the solutions. The Environmental Justice For All Act bought together leaders, advocates and communities from New Mexico and across the country to the forefront of the policymaking process, before the bill was even drafted.

The bill鈥檚 intent was to discuss the significant environmental and climate challenges impacting various communities, to explore policy solutions addressing the needs of those most impacted by the consequences of inaction, and to come to consensus through a participatory process on what the components of a comprehensive bill addressing the most urgent needs should look like. Ra煤l Grijalva traveled several times to New Mexico, convening meetings with environmental justice groups to discuss and listen to the challenging issues they face and the impacts on their health, safety and well-being, and the policies that would protect our environment, workers and people.

Ra煤l Grijalva met with people in New Mexico so often because he knew we were underrepresented.  Polluting industries like to set up operations in our state because we have a low-income people of color population with relatively little federal representation. The Environmental Justice Caucus gives us a voice in the decisions affecting us, and will help alleviate the undue environmental burden we experience.

Today, the House Environmental Justice Caucus, led by Lee, Adelita Grijalva and Tlaib, offers a path forward. It can expand this participatory model, deepen community partnerships and advance policies rooted in justice and equity. The best way to honor Ra煤l Grijalva and McEachin is to carry forward their vision: community-led solutions, grounded in partnership and committed to justice. We ask that our congressional delegation stand strong and commit to support the many New Mexicans in rural and urban communities who continue to be impacted by environmental and climate harms.

Richard Moore is the co-coordinator of Los Jardines Institute in Albuquerque.