{"id":1004535258,"date":"2021-05-14T03:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004535258"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:09:50","slug":"environmental-justices-new-bright-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/environmental-justices-new-bright-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Justice\u2019s New Bright Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sustainability-street-environmental-justices-new-bright\/id1552202952?i=1000522178790\" ><\/iframe>\n\n<p>During President Biden\u2019s first month in office, he declared that environmental justice would be front and center in the U.S.\u2019s efforts to combat climate change. But fresh momentum had begun building around these issues even before the president took his oath.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004535272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/environmental-justices-new-bright-light\/photo-by-felix-mittermeier-from-pexels\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Felix-Mittermeier-from-Pexels.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo-by-Felix-Mittermeier-from-Pexels\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Felix-Mittermeier-from-Pexels.jpg?w=800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Felix-Mittermeier-from-Pexels.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004535272\" width=\"284\" height=\"204\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Felix Mittermeier from Pexels<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome back to \u201cSustainability Street,\u201d our podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. 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