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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
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)
Ray Galvin (1st author) isn’t on twitter. So I’ll summarize:
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)