Kansas City 'Climate Justice' Redux

We're hoping a recent local report might be a word salad effort to start providing people with more help paying their gas bill this winter . . . But we suspect it's just another series of meetings wherein middle-class white people justify salaries and pretend they're not paid lobbyists . . .

Organizations across the city are working to capitalize on this funding to make Kansas City more equitable for the future, through solutions to issues like food insecurity and energy burdens.

"All of these things are substantial problems," said Tom Jacobs, Chief Resilience Officer at the Mid-America Regional Council. "And we think we can fix them."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

How the Mid-America Regional Council is fostering climate justice efforts in Kansas City

Environmental justice efforts have gained renewed relevance as a result of unprecedented funding offered by the Biden administration. Tom Jacobs of the Mid-America Regional Council is working to bring that funding to Kansas City.

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