Environmental justice and environmental racism already assumes that local pollution in the air/water/soil, is not being doled out equally.
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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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If it increases the cost of fossil fuels and therefore promotes clean sources, it's a step towards making big oil disappear.
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