Providing Legal & Technical Assistance to the Grassroots Movement for Environmental Justice
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The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment submits these comments on the Draft California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (“OEHHA Tool”). The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (“CRPE”) is a grassroots, community-based organization based in Delano, California. We provide legal advocacy for and organize in Central Valley communities most impacted by environmental pollution—low-income communities and communities of color—and push for statewide policies that protect public health and the human environment.
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