Environmental justice hearing
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In a statement, Clinton said that recent reports from the Government Accountability Office and the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency had raised “serious concerns about the EPA’s current commitment to environmental justice.�
She noted that a study, “Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty,� issued earlier this year by the United Church of Christ, found that five million out of the nine million Americans living in communities with one or more hazardous waste facilities were people of color.
Clinton chairs the committee, which includes Democrats Max Baucus, Montana; Frank Launteberg, New Jersey; and Benjamin Cardin, Maryland; and Republicans Larry Craig, Idaho; David Vitter, Louisiana; and Christopher Bond, Missouri.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
