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.
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The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2019: Is the Timing Right for This Clean Policy?
Controlling the Narrative: Why Some Climate Science Deniers Are Saying They’re Believers
Is Global Cooperation Important on the Path to Deep Electrification? Or Is It Just a Fantasy?
Introducing the Green Real Deal - What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
Will They, Won’t They? The Green New Deal Track in House, Senate
Climate Change Is Not a US Security Threat: Or Is It? Climate Science Deniers Could Decide
Clean v. Green: Does Internal Conflict Hinder the Environmental Cause?
Climate Policy Mired in Politics – Is there a Way Forward?
‘Sleepwalking into Catastrophe’: Can 2019 Turn the Tide on Climate?
Green Finance in 2019: The New Deal Advantage
Environmental Politics in 2019: Where Does The Green New Deal Stand?
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