In this short-format edition of Zero Net Fifty we discuss how the deaths of men and women of color at the hands of White police officers has triggered a racial justice reckoning the likes of which we haven't seen since the 1960s. Racial justice has, in many ways, become a metonym for all the socio-economic and political inequities that have been ailing America for decades.
Racial and economic injustice and inequality are found in many forms throughout the clean energy and environmental sectors—in its institutions, the siting of polluting industries, and access to technology.
Racism has long plagued the environmental movement. John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club was an overtly avowed racist. For its initially higher costs and the race of its early adopters, solar has long been considered a technology for wealthy White folks. However, times are changing.
Listen to this 20-minute episode as we discuss what some of these changes are.
Here are the political pluses and pitfalls to watch for in the Biden Administration’s clean transportation and infrastructure plans
So GM backpedaled on support for Trump’s climate regulation goals. Does the news really matter?
ZNF First Look: What to expect now that Biden is President-Elect
What is it about this new Vermont law that matters in the fight for our environment?
What now for the Supreme Court and climate change without RBG?
ZNF Shorts – What does a ‘total fossil fuel lock down’ mean?
What are they thinking? How to know what the parties want from climate policy
Science, the pandemic, and how the coming election is a crossroads for climate change
Climate change in a pandemic. Where are we now?
Post Super Tuesday – What’s the outlook?
ZNF DC Update - How climate change will play out in 2020 elections
ZNF DC Update – More climate emergencies in the making
Washington Update: The Trouble with Trump and California
Here's What to Expect Next in the Global Youth Movement on Climate Change
How the Youth Movement Turns Political Words into Political Will
ZNF DC Update - How Trump Creates Uncertain Industries
ZNF DC Update - Climate Emergency in the Making
ZNF DC Update - Climate and Agriculture
Why Did Canada Declare a National Climate Emergency? And Should the US Do It Too?
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