Can we solve the climate crisis without confronting global inequities?
A recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA found that white residents in the USA produce more climate pollution than black or hispanic residents, but black and hispanic people are exposed to more air pollution.
And that is just the USA! Think about the global inequities in the "haves" and the "have nots".
And how are we going to lift people out of poverty without making the climate crisis even worse?
If you are a resident in a wealthy country, is it your responsibility to address both problems at once? And what would that look like in terms of national and international policy?
Environmental Justice >
Do we have any rights to say about what’s right?
Transportation alone contributes 23% or more every year in the carbon footprint globally. While we do tell other people and companies about reducing what they do, are we doing it? Shouldn’t we try to reduce the way we travel or something, before we tell others to do so?
The problem is that corporations and individuals contribute completely different amounts of carbon in different ways. While it is hypocritical to encourage individual action and then not take those actions yourself, corporations have long enjoyed no responsibility for the disproportional harm they have caused.