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What about climate justice?
From Rise for Climate.
What about climate justice?
Climate change is both a result of, and a cause of injustice. We simply cannot solve the climate crisis without building a new economy that is fair, equal and works for all of us.
The weight of the climate crisis falls on those who have the least to do with perpetuating it, including indigenous communities, frontline communities in vulnerable countries, low income communities of color, and poor communities who are bearing the brunt of fossil fuel extraction, overburdened with unsafe and unfair levels of exposure to pollution, and are on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
A fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable energy economy must protect the most vulnerable communities, including where that shift immediately impacts people and their city or state. Workers must be truly heard by companies and governments – working together to develop employment plans that include training, support and, if appropriate, re-skilling of workers. The shift away from fossil fuels is urgent and it must happen without harming some of the most vulnerable people.
Sept. 8: a turning point
We keep hearing that climate change and so many other problems are reaching a “tipping point,” that is, the time when even a small extra burden precipitates a disaster.
Think of the vital bridge that collapsed recently in Genoa: at that instant, one more car drove onto the structure or one more little cable rusted through, and that was it.
Climate scientists tell us that if the Arctic ice melts and the permafrost thaws, so much more heat will be absorbed by the open water and so much more methane will be released to the atmosphere that nothing we do after that will make much difference.
September 8 is designed as a national turning point, when so much public attention focuses on fossil fuels and other energy and environment issues that office-holders in our democracy realize that the time has come to act, or else. We need to turn back from the tipping point!
This is why it is so vital for you to join many co-sponsoring groups here in Chester County.
So be at the historic Court House on Saturday Sept. 8, 2 p.m.! See details in our environment calendar above.
See the overall rationale for the national movement here from 350.org.
Chester County Environment Alliance 