Posted on 09/03/2017 6:02:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Yes, to not ask questions about climate change is indeed dumb, as Senator Sanders pointed out.
It is dumber to not also question the current global economic system and policies perpetuating racial inequalities. The conversation must shift toward climate justice.
Climate justice explicitly confronts basic inequalities: the worlds biggest polluters are not those directly affected by climate change. The big polluters are also the biggest winners in this economic system. It is no coincidence that higher climate vulnerability communities are largely communities of color and disenfranchised communities within the Global South.
To achieve climate justice requires making sure that communities most directly affected are directly involved in discussions, as well as solutions.
Just as its important to not see Harvey as somehow isolated or exceptional, we need to make the connections, confronting particular, local, contemporary outbursts of white supremacy while addressing the bigger picture.
We must hear, understand and heed the voices of fenceline communities in Houston, Haitian families most affected by Matthew, indigenous peoples, hunters and gatherers, family farmers, rural workers, pastoralists, and fisherfolk, among others. The knowledge of frontline communities is crucial to a cooler climate and a more just global economic system.
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Sad that this actually passes for reasoning at the Huffington Post.
Nuf sed.
This seriously needed a barf alert.
Yes, this is such a lie. The richest countries with the most capitalistic economies are the cleanest. The poorest countries with socialist governments are the most polluted. The author is a dolt.
I couldn’t imagine wasting my whole life on a lie.
Why is the other side of that island so much better off? Perhaps these two “experts” should do a comparison to see what really works.
‘Is Lambi the plural of Lamb?’
it is either the nominative plural or the genitive singular of Lambus or Lambum...whatever that means...
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