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New interactive map tracks climate spending in communities most impacted by pollution and beyond
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A new interactive map tracks funding for projects benefiting our environment. It highlights projects in overburdened communities, ensuring transparency and accountability in our environmental justice efforts.
EV chargers in communities bearing the brunt of climate change. Deliberate community engagement and compensation for time. Safe drinking water for people on contaminated wells. These are all real-world results of the Healthy Environment for All Act (also known as the HEAL Act), and they can be seen in a new interactive map tracking its investments.
The groundbreaking law transforms how state agencies factor environmental justice into their budgeting. Communities across Washington combined environmental harms and impacts to their health from pollution. All too often, they are also from racial or ethnic minorities and earn lower incomes. The HEAL Act puts these communities first and invests in environmental health where it’s needed most.