Climate change is already in the constitution | Mira Goodman | TEDxCUNY

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What if protection from climate change was a constitutional right? A brief look into our environmental history from the Flint water crisis, Cancer Alley, and uranium contamination in Missouri shows how low-income and minority communities are disproportionately exposed to hazards due to systemic neglect. Mira Goodman calls for the Equal Protection Clause to be reinterpreted to treat environmental protection as a fundamental right, since government failure to protect certain communities constitutes unequal protection of the laws. Ultimately, it calls for recognizing environmental justice as a constitutional obligation, reframing climate action as a civil rights issue essential to securing a livable future for all. Mira Sophia Goodman-Singh is a freshman in the Macaulay Honors College, majoring in History and minoring in Public Policy and Environmental Studies. Mira has interned with the New York State Attorney General’s Office, the New York Supreme Court, and has participated in several

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