By Rona Kobell

From time to time, we here at EJJI run commentaries and news pieces that reflect the fight for environmental justice in Baltimore and Maryland. We’re doing so today with this commentary from Naadiya Hutchinson, a clean-air advocate who runs a free yoga program in Baltimore. Naadiya has a master’s degree in environmental health, and is working on an analysis of Baltimore’s emergency preparedness plan. Until recently, heat would be a rare emergency in a town used to humid days and high temperatures. But we have all seen how hazardous breathing can be when grappling with the wildfires from Canada.

“The effects of poor air quality are not felt equally, and inequality is not a new concept in Baltimore,” Naadiya writes.

You can read the whole story here. 

You can see some of the research she draws on here.

If you would like to write a commentary on a local environmental issue, let us know. Or if you want us to share something you have written elsewhere, we can do that, too. Contact us at rona@ejji.org.