Sen. Booker calls Tijuana River pollution ‘environmental justice crisis’
Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre once served as an environmental fellow in Sen. Cory Booker’s Washington office. She leveraged that contact Thursday, as the New Jersey Democrat and former presidential candidate visited her city to see the Tijuana River sewage pollution crisis up close and demand more federal action to address the issue. Booker called the situation “an environmental justice crisis” and said he will take “what I saw here back to Washington to help make sure this community’s fight for clean air and water is heard and answered.” … Booker’s visit comes the day after a UC San Diego report found dangerous chemical compounds are present not only in the water of the Tijuana River and off the coast of Imperial Beach, but are also aerosolized by ocean spray and make it into the air.
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