Environmental & Climate Justice
Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by climate change and toxic pollution. These communities are also forging the path toward environmental and climate justice for all.
Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by climate change and toxic pollution. These communities are also forging the path toward environmental and climate justice for all.
Climate change is threatening the whole world, but communities of color and lower incomes are experiencing the effects at a disproportionate rate. Exposure to toxic pollutants also typically hits low-income communities and communities of color the hardest. Green America strives to expose these disparities and share what these communities are doing to combat the potentially deadly threats their neighborhoods face.
Environmental and climate justice calls for new policies on the climate crisis and emphasizes the need for action within the communities that are affected most by the changing climate. According to the NAACP, race is the number one indicator for the placement of polluting facilities in this country – a clear example of how change is needed on a country-wide scale.
From environmental activism, like growing community gardens, to pushing for policy change, people across the country are standing up for clean water, clean food, and clean air. By participating in efforts to decrease global warming and its effects on human health, we can do our part to fight the climate crisis.
Be inspired by what these communities are doing to make a difference, and find out what you can do to help.
Green America strives to provide informative and engaging webinars that help individuals make positive changes in their daily lives. Join us as we explore ways to create a more sustainable future for ourselves and the planet.
Many large insurers are scaling back policies and raising rates in climate-vulnerable areas, all while insuring fossil fuel projects and investing in fossil fuels.
Trader Joe’s received one of the worst scores on Green America’s retailer chocolate scorecard; it shares very little information about what they are doing to address…