The Marathon refinery can be seen from just about every angle in Sherry’s neighborhood. Rhonda Anderson of the Sierra Club, says that communities like these are the sacrifice zones. When addressing environmental justice, she first looks at communities of color, and low income communities, because this is where industry most often sets up shop. “This is what’s happening to Sherry, this is what’s happening to this entire community,” she explains.

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