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Q&A: How Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Tovar Plans to Tackle Environmental Racism

by Aydali Campa October 25, 2023October 25, 2023

Tovar says her experiences growing up near “Slag Valley” on the Southeast Side deeply influence her approach to reforming practices that have disproportionately burdened communities like the one she was raised in.

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City and HUD reach agreement on environmental racism investigation

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