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Hey nerds, I'm Lee Kwong here with NPR Science Correspondent, Dan Charles.

Hey Emily, I have a question for you.

Okay.

Have you taken a look at Joe Biden's promises on climate change?

Well I know they're big promises, but I don't know the fine details.

So what is the latest, Dan?

Well there is something about them that caught my attention.

Okay.

White House keeps saying we are going to address climate change in a way that also addresses

the country's economic and racial disparities.

Yeah, I definitely heard of this.

It has like a ring of climate justice to it, you know, like equitable climate action.

Right.

But I said to myself, what does that actually mean in the real world, like in some specific

place?

Mm-hmm.

And I ended up getting some answers in Cleveland.

And why Cleveland?

Well, Cleveland, along with Detroit, has the highest percentage of people living in poverty

of any big city in the country.

It also, like a lot of cities, has a climate action plan.

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