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May 17, 2023 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
The fossil fuel industry's impact on public health is undeniable. Our new study maps out the disproportionate harms at every stage of the coal, oil, and gas lifecycles for Black, Brown, Indigenous and poor communities. (1/n) #fossilfuelracismbit.ly/FFRacism
The study by @quinn43, @CPichonBattle, @charlieyj12, & me, reveals how racial injustices permeate every stage of fossil fuel production. Fossil fuels require "sacrifice zones," which disproportionately impact Black, Brown, Indigenous, & poor people. (2/n) bit.ly/FFRacism
May 25, 2022 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
We've long known that climate change worsens inequality. But does the cause and effect go the other way, too? Yes! A new study by @fergusgreen & myself shows that inequality fuels climate change. Implication: We need a Green New Deal! (1/n)
No Pay Wall: bit.ly/InequalityFuel…
Our study shows a clear ‘climate case’ for tackling inequality. Mandatory living wages, billionaire wealth taxes, pandemic profiteering taxes, and pro-union reforms shouldn't be seen as a progressive wish list-but rather a key plank of climate policy (2/n) bit.ly/InequalityCC
We address 2 questions:
(a) How can we pay for the #GND?
(b) In what ways do social welfare policies relate to tackling the climate crisis?
*Open access* (1/n) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Ray Galvin (1st author) isn’t on twitter. So I’ll summarize:
✅Sanders #GND is economically sound
✅We can afford a Green New Deal
✅There is fiscal space
✅Social welfare programs needed for CO2 reduction
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Energy decisions have transboundary impacts. Yet assessments of large-scale energy infrastructure (e.g. EIS) rarely consider upstream/downstream emissions. Justice implications are completely omitted. Net effect = incomplete & flawed energy decisions (2)