So... this. I'll take the questions in good faith, and will try to answer them briefly.https://twitter.com/icocoboco/status/869938768148652032 …
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Internationally, climate change is already devastating small island states, with no recourse for justice:http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-change-is-forcing-people-to-migrate-and-the-world-doesnt-have-a-plan-to-handle-it/ …
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Here's more on migration, indigeneity, and climate change. You don't even have to read anything, just watch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB2TQqqMWkI …
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Here's one more, with the same climate debt framing:https://www.thenation.com/article/typhoon-haiyan-global-poor-bear-deadly-brunt-climate-change/ …
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But implicit in your response,
@icocoboco, is this idea that China is the great big polluter. Let's take a critical look at this myth. -
For starters, China and Chinese people are typically cast as a national security threat. This goes back to the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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The idea that China is the big bad polluter is inextricably tied to fear of the other. We shouldn't ignore that when we talk about climate.
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And, when it comes to numbers, we need to consider who is and isn't counted when it comes to carbon emissions. Because a lot isn't counted.
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Who's a bigger polluter: China or the Pentagon? Do we have hard numbers for the Pentagon's carbon emissions? In the past and/or the present?
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Has any international or even national conversation about climate change seriously considered the Pentagon's emissions? Nope.
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And let's take China on its own. Yes, it emits a lot of carbon. Why? Because we, the United States, have outsourced our pollution there.
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I'm typing this on a Logitch keyboard, made in China. Connected to a MacBook, made in China. This required a lot of carbon emissions.
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If we were fair, we'd count emissions from the manufacture of goods we consume as our emissions, not China's. But we're not exactly fair.
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Look at El Paso, Detroit, even New York City's index. Totally contrary to the averaged data of the U.S. Each affect every person equally.
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There are definitely some exceptions; that's always true with averages. That's why I wrote this was for the US, and not a specific city.
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I think I came up with a different page than you may have for NY region btw: http://nationalequityatlas.org/indicators/Air_pollution%3A_Exposure_index/By_race~ethnicity%3A35886/United_States/New_York/Risk_type%3ACancer_and_non-cancer …
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You did, there's a drastic difference between NY region and NYC. And really no one's safe to breathe in NYC.
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I hear what you're saying... but then again, look at childhood asthma rates. It's twice as prevalent in the Bronx as it is in Queens.
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Even consider distance to the water, if you're convinced one province has worse air. Climatically speaking, there's a lot that contributes.
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I mean... I've been writing about this for years, and I do know that.
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