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How to advance equity in energy solutions in the COVID-19 era

GreenBiz

As a New York City resident, director of an energy consulting organization, an advocate of energy equity and a third-generation resident of public housing, I have a unique view of the structural barriers we must break down to solve the global climate crisis. Witnessing a family member or a friend die so suddenly is new to most of us.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

There is so much going on, and I have so many things to do. So, it just feels like a great moment to reflect. Tell me why that feels like such an important part of who you became. It felt so natural when I was a child there to be part of this amazing place and to wage peace. So we created a protocol about that.

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Talking about climate change can be awkward. Just ask Tim Robinson.

Grist

So it might come as a surprise that Robinson’s next move was a climate change PSA. Playing a TV host named Ted Rack, he invites a climate scientist on his show “You Expect Me to Believe That?” After he gives scientific talks, the most common response he hears is along the lines of “Oh my god, you’re just so depressing.”

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How racism manifests itself in clean energy

GreenBiz

I understand why these moments of police violence, the senseless destruction of black bodies caught on tape, would spark a fire that rages across this country. I also know that the tinder has been building for generations and is about so much more than this one horrific moment. Every sector plays a part. "A It’s expensive to be poor.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South, which is already bearing the brunt of climate change effects. . “As Wed, 10/21/2020 - 00:45.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. In their eyes, it doesn’t do enough to address climate change and allows emitters to continue polluting the air in the meantime. In the U.S.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. The author of the article is, as director of the climate science website Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman, noted , a consultant for “companies operating in the energy sector.”. So I googled him.