The city of Chicago is working with environmental justice groups to gather community input for a report covering the disproportionate impact environmental pollution has on Black and Latino Chicagoans.
The city of Chicago is working with local environmental justice groups to gather community input for a report covering the disproportionate, wide-ranging impact that environmental pollution has on residents in various neighborhoods.“The goal here is for us to think about how the cumulative impact data can help change policy and operations across city departments,” said Angela Tovar, the city’s chief sustainability officer.
The Cumulative Impact Assessment report is expected to include a map of neighborhoods experiencing the most environmental stressors, plus policy change recommendations and an environmental justice action plan. Chicago Department of Public Health Managing Deputy Commissioner Megan Cunningham said that identifying neighborhoods that experience the greatest combined impact of environmental exposure, along with health and social stressors, is important so the city knows which areas might require additional protections and investment when it comes to decisions related to zoning, permits and planning.
Rates of health conditions that are caused by environmental conditions or that make people more sensitive to the effects of pollution are often higher in Black and Latino communities, such as asthma and heart disease, Cunningham said.CDPH and the Office of Climate & Environmental Equity have been leading efforts on the initiative since last year. A completed report is expected to be published and presented to Mayor Brandon Johnson in the fall.
This work comes as activists from local environmental justice groups, who have been working jointly with the city in the creation of the report, continue to raise awareness on environmental issues disproportionately affecting Black and Latino residents in the city.
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