How Environmental Laws Can Protect People, Not Polluters

Midday on WNYC | Feb 22, 2018

Environmentalist and Delaware Riverkeeper Maya K. Van Rossum discusses her new book The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to A Healthy Environment. Van Rossum argues that our environmental laws have been designed to accommodate pollution rather than prevent it. She lays out a new agenda for environmental advocacy that looks to empower citizens and protect our right to clean air and water.

This segment is guest hosted by Jami Floyd.

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