Our thoughts on Biden's #AmericanJobsPlan and why we need to go bigger, bolder, and faster for a climate, care, and infrastructure recovery package: http://ittakesroots.org/grassroots-environmental-justice-communities-call-on-biden-to-go-bigger-bolder-and-faster-for-a-climate-care-and-infrastructure-recovery-package/ …
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3) Investments must not only go to expanding public transportation but to local renewable, community and tribal controlled energy systems, safe and clean water and wastewater sanitation systems and more in frontline and tribal communities at a rate and scale never before seen.
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We reiterate that any support for nuclear, natural gas, and fracking as climate friendly is unacceptable.
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4) We call for binding climate targets to ensure 100% clean energy generated by 2035. Biden’s plan, however, invests in research and development in technologies that may cause harm to frontline communities and the planet.
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#THRIVEAct, which calls for an investment in communities of $10 trillion over 10 years, rather than Biden’s plan of $2 trillion over 8 years, is a good place to start.https://www.thriveagenda.com/Näytä tämä ketju -
5) Additionally, we call on Biden to increase investments to at least 50%, allocated directly to frontline communities, with a commitment to accountability and equity. So-called “benefits” to communities can be easily appropriated by the private sector and polluting industries.
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6) Each federal agency must use administrative authorities to create set-aside funding for Tribes and Indigenous communities based on a formula, and Tribal consensual process, to ensure investments are made available and allocated in an equitable manner.
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We strongly encourage the Biden Administration to prioritize those impacted first and worst by these crises in the forthcoming recovery package. This is the promise he was elected on and what we will hold him accountable to.
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