Wilmington, CA – United States Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland traveled to California this week, making stops in Wilmington, an environmental justice neighborhood in the Harbor region of Los Angeles, California. Secretary Haaland is the first Native American to hold a cabinet position and first Secretary of the Interior to join Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) for a toxic tour to bear witness to the adverse health and safety impacts associated with neighborhood oil drilling, and the threat that idle and orphan oil wells pose to frontline communities.
“We are appreciative that Secretary Haaland is determined to help frontline communities in their struggle to create safer and healthier neighborhoods,” said Darryl Molina Sarmiento, Executive Director of CBE. “We look forward to this collaboration with Department of Interior as we seek resources to make our communities whole.”
