Can we talk about how climate change disproportionately affects poc yet? Those least affected hold a possessive ownership over the concept.
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If you lived in LA under cap-and-trade, you'll know that it hasn't been any solution to communities of color. We're about to...
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... open the largest oil refinery in the west here soon, and it's in a community of color, like all the refineries are.
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Obvs cap-and-trade and carbon tax are different, but they both rely on market solutions that perpetuate climate and environmental inequity.
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The twist is the redistribution I added. Pretty simple really: we all share the atmosphere, and have the same right to pollute it.
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So. I understand this concept better than you're assuming. I'm indigenous and have talked and written about climate debt for a long time.
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Our solutions aren't based in throwing money at the problem, but in thinking about social policies aimed at paying down the debt.
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