California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize

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Andrea Vidaurre’s long fight to protect Southern California communities of color from the freight industry’s toxic emissions helped convince state regulators to improve air quality by adopting groundbreaking zero-emission rules for trucks and trains.

The vast landscape east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire is among the fastest-growing regions in California, driven by a booming warehouse and logistics industry that keeps residents breathing some of the most polluted air in the nation.

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