Fifteen states and Washington DC signed onto a memorandum of understanding to accelerate efforts for the electrification of trucks and significantly cut carbon emissions.
Reset talks with experts and a community activist about how the effort will cut the current disproportionate number of deaths of people who live in marginalized communities.
GUESTS: Karen Weigert, senior vice president at Slipstream; former chief sustainability officer, city of Chicago
Kim Wasserman, executive director at Little Village Environmental Justice Organization
Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at Respiratory Health Association
via WBEZ Chicago
June 8, 2021 at 09:46PM
