Real “climate justice” solutions should always aim to tackle the root systemic drivers of climate chaos, while addressing the most urgent needs on the frontlines of this crisis.
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Teamsters History of Standing in Solidarity with Civil Rights and Environmental Justice
According to Karin Jones, the Teamsters’ historian, the organization was “always ahead of the curve” in terms of civil rights...
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Just Transition Pathways Away from Plastics Pollution: Report from the UN Plastics Treaty talks in Paris
Plastic pollution has become one of the most urgent aspects of the global ecological crisis we face today, interwoven with climate chaos, growing toxic pollution loads, biodiversity destruction and the poisoning of land and water ecosystems we all rely on...
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Latest UN Climate Conference Repeats The Same Old Story
While there is some progress in a new requirement for industry lobbyists to register their affiliations at future COPs, this came about after years of pressure from civil society, and it still falls short of the popular demand to “Kick Big Polluters Out.”
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Waste Workers are Frontliners
Despite heavy rains, scorching heat, and even the pandemic, Waste Workers in the Philippines will not be stopped from collecting separated wastes and saving precious materials from being thrown away.
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Beware Fossil Fuel Industry “Astroturf” Campaigns!
This carefully-crafted propaganda perfectly fits the definition of “astroturf,” a cheeky term used by community organizers to describe fake grassroots campaigns. We must admit that it does this really well...
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Demands to Make COP28 a Just and Productive Climate Policy Space
The UNFCCC must move away from supporting polluting entities and solutions that harm frontline communities in order to develop just, democratic and sustainable guidelines for climate change.
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Decarceration as Environmental Justice: Securing a Just Transition for Adelanto
SDA adopted an environmental justice framing to galvanize public support for closing the Adelanto Detention Center.
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Building Climate Justice: a UN Climate Meeting Report from the Frontlines
"When they're talking about hydrogen, carbon capture, forest management and whatever... it's not going to be in rich white neighborhoods..." said José Bravo.
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SB 54: Not a Fairytale Ending for EJ Communities
At the heart of this environmental justice critique is our belief that it is totally unacceptable to decenter and disempower communities most harmed by plastic pollution.