Go to San Bernardino. The county consistently ranks the worst air quality in the US in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth place.
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The carbon tax basically puts a price on carbon emissions, with the idea that poor people get a kickback on the tax money. I'm not a fan.
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If we know that people of color, regardless of income, breathe worse air, why kickback carbon tax money to poor people? Doesn't make sense.
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Even if we *were* to kick carbon tax money to people directly affected by local industries, what's that gonna do? Buy extra asthma inhalers?
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As a person of color who lives pretty damn close to two freeways and the oil extraction industry, I don't want money. I want clean air.
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Ultimately, I doubt monetary incentives are going to "clean up" the oil industry. It's a dirty, rotten industry that kills people.
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The oil industry is the reason we have a climate crisis to begin with. And it's devastated local environments for poor people and poc.
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I'm not a fan of the carbon tax because, for me, it's not about creating a new market. It's about regulation, and making big oil disappear.
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Like, real talk, I'm fine breathing carbon. Lol I'll snort it. It's the particulate matter, the ozone, the NOx that get me.
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But you won't hear experts talking about particulate matter, taxing ozone, taxing NOx, and taxing the things that are killing us.
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Make sense, tho: It's not secret that people who look like me and my neighbors don't get to create climate and environmental policy.
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So, I think we need to move away from oil. And I don't care about the carbon tax.... How do we move forward? Especially in an election year?
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I got the chance to write about what i think we need to be talking about when it comes to environmental justice:http://grist.org/election-2016/justice-bogado/ …
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The brilliant
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And @dinesituation really stressed how important it is to plan for blue-collar in green-collar jobs.
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Wasn't able to quote anyone on carbon tax—it's the sacred cow of climate wonks and no one wants to go against the grain. Except for me lol.
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My mentions and DMs are blowing up rn. Apologies in advance if I don't get back to you right away :)
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Oh! And there are three of us anywhere that cover environmental justice. Please follow
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