During Boston’s last mayoral election four years ago, Michelle Wu was hailed as a climate leader , but she wasn’t the only candidate staking a position on how the city should better serve its residents while building environmental justice initiatives aimed at addressing disparities in access and impact.
All five of the main candidates who ran in the preliminary election had an explanation of their policy positions around climate and environmental justice.
This year? Not so much.
On her campaign website in this year’s race, Wu devotes a paragraph to some of the city´s climate work during her first term but has no webpage dedicated to explaining her position as a candidate.
Domingos DaRosa, a community activist and Dorchester resident running to unseat Wu, mentions “green space and env