As Biden Eyes a Conservation Plan, Activists Fear Low-Income Communities and People of Color Could Be Left Out
A plan to conserve 30 percent of land and water in the United States by 2030 could help close “staggering” racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to nature.
December 21, 2020
Ellington Tardy, 9, enjoys the playground in his Orchard Valley neighborhood Nov. 5, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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President-elect Joe Biden has said that one of his first steps upon taking office will be to pass an executive order to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.
Why California saw a record number of ballots cast in the 2020 election
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Why California saw a record number of ballots cast in the 2020 election
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California’s decision to mail a ballot to every registered voter resulted in record ballots cast in the general election but it was poor and diverse communities that fueled the increases.
California’s poor and diverse communities fueled the state’s record number of voters in November, with ballots cast increasing as much as 42% in Orange County’s poor neighborhoods, an analysis of final voting data shows.
Huge increases in voter registration and turnout swept through all sorts of California neighborhoods rich and poor; highly educated and blue collar; ethnically diverse and homogenous according to a Votebeat analysis of state and local voting data informed by census data.