It’s time for the first-ever #ejpresforum with Amy Goodman of @democracynow and @EJinAction.
Goodman: what does environmental justice mean?
Mustafa Ali: it’s the disproportionate impacts that happen in our communities — to people of color and low income communities.
@democracynow @EJinAction .@TomSteyer: “a lot of people here are gonna tell you what they’re going to do. I’m gonna tell you what I’ve done over the past decade.” #ejpresforum
@democracynow @EJinAction @TomSteyer “You can’t do climate you can’t do environment you can’t do pollution without justice at its core” — Steyer
@democracynow @EJinAction @TomSteyer .@EJinAction: how do you define EJ and environmental racism?
@TomSteyer: if you go to flint, ask who lives there. If you go to flint, ask who lives there. If you go to Fresno, ask who lives there? The politics have concentrated the consequences of pollution in POC communities.
@democracynow @EJinAction @TomSteyer Goodman: over 70 percent of global emissions come from 100 companies. What are you going to do about this as a billionaire?
“I have a track record of taking these people on. They’re not that smart, but they are that mean.” - @TomSteyer #ejpresforum
@democracynow @EJinAction @TomSteyer Here’s why it’s important to have moderators who know what they’re talking about. Goodman just asked Tom Steyer how he would structure the Justice Department to effectively go after corporate polluters.
Steyer said he’d make an EJ division within the justice department.
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