Vidaurre, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, grew up in California’s Inland Empire and has led efforts to reduce emissions in the region, which is a freight industry hub.
Goldman Environmental Prize winner Andrea Vidaurre said her award-winning efforts to improve air quality in California are very much tied to her own experiences. Vidaurre, who is Peruvian American, was born and raised in California’s Inland Empire, which is east of Los Angeles and has some of the country’s worst air quality. Vidaurre, 29, has family members and friends who work in the region’s sprawling freight industry.
Other states have also adopted California’s regulations, meaning that Vidaurre’s work has had a national impact. “This is a climate issue,” Vidaurre told NBC News. “We have to target transportation emissions if we want to do anything about climate change.” Vidaurre’s community organizing led her to co-found the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for clean air quality, in 2020.
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