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Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions
This report finds an indisputable connection between the fossil fuel industry’s practices and negative impacts to African American/Black/ African Diaspora, Indigenous, Latina/Chicana, and low-income women’s health, safety, and human rights in the U.S. and parts of Canada. Specifically, fossil fuel-derived air, water, and soil pollution impact women’s fertility, mental health, and daily work and responsibilities. The negative effects from fossil fuel activity—including extraction, storage and transportation of coal, oil, and gas often in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG)—stem from direct pollution of communities by fossil fuel companies’ contributions to industrial carbon dioxide and methane. The climate crisis does not and will not affect everyone equally, as factors such as gender, race, and socio-economic status make certain communities significantly more vulnerable to the increasing threats of climate change. Global inequalities, rooted in structural patriarchy, colonialism, white supremacy, and capitalism, continue to place people of the global majority, and specifically women, at risk.
Join Kentuckians for the Commonwealth to learn more about their deep canvassing efforts, lessons learned, and best practices from their on-the-ground experience. During this webinar, participants will hear from the folks involved about how deep canvassing can be a powerful tool for bringing new people into the climate justice movement as well as how learnings might be applied to other climate deep canvass and relational conversation programs across the country.
Organizing the climate crisis’ most disproportionately impacted communities is the missing ingredient to build power required to address the climate crisis. In order to meet the climate crisis and transform our society, we must scale up grassroots organizing. Organizations affiliated with the Center for Popular Democracy that are now leading some of the strongest climate justice organizing in the country include the Green New Deal Network, New York Communities for Change, Make the Road PA, One PA, CASA, the PA statewide climate table, and Florida Rising, and others. This report profiles the work of those groups and others organizing working-class communities of color into the climate movement. Organizing must be: 1) community-led and focus on issues that have tangible impacts for Black, Indigenous, Latiné, and low-income people, 2) rooted in a framework that challenges racial capitalism, and 3) intersect with other issues impacting frontline communities.
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth ran a Climate Crisis Deep Canvassing Project in Louisville, Bowling Green, and Hazard, Kentucky where they knocked on thousands of doors and had more than 600 conversations with low-income communities and communities of color. They developed a written report that synthesizes the lessons, themes, and best practices from their on-the-ground experience to inform future canvassing trainings and program design.
Supported by the Climate Advocacy Lab's Climate Justice Microgrant Program.
Measuring, mapping, and anticipating climate gentrification in Florida: Miami and Tampa case studies
Recognize the disruptive potential of climate gentrification. This study looks at the current and potential impact of climate gentrification on low- and middle-income renters in Miami and Tampa, as areas away from the immediate coast become more desirable due to a growing awareness of climate risks. The authors have created a Climate Gentrification Risk Index to help local officials identify areas vulnerable to climate gentrification and plan for long-term land use changes.
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will invest $40 billion total, including $27 billion in direct spending, towards environmental justice communities and low-income residents—despite supporters claiming that the amount is $60 billion. Just Solutions Collective performed its own section-by-section analysis of the IRA’s text, adding up appropriations and other tailored spending to produce its own calculation. In total, the IRA includes $228 billion in appropriations and an additional $324 billion in tax expenditures. Direct appropriations in the IRA for environment, climate, and energy total $145 billion. This is dwarfed by the $270 billion provided in energy-related tax expenditures, through a variety of tax credits intended to incentivize primarily the private sector to invest in different aspects of the alternative energy economy: from mining companies extracting lithium to factories manufacturing inverters to refineries making biomass-based jet fuel to utilities installing solar arrays.
Building long-lasting grassroots power requires centering concrete issues and the humanity of individuals you’re organizing. Many organizations in West Virginia are cultivating organizers, building organizations that can sustainably organize local communities according to their needs for years to come, incorporating mutual aid, and more, in an effort to win and wield political power. In this article, The Forge contributor Mat Hanson discussed organizational strategies with multiple people involved in grassroots power building in West Virginia: Katey Lauer, co-chair of West Virginia Can’t Wait; Nicole McCormick, a founding member of the West Virginia United caucus and rank-and-file leader in the successful teacher’s strike; Dr. Shanequa Smith of Restorative Actions and the Black Voters Impact Initiative; and Joe Solomon, the co-founder and co-director of Solutions Oriented Addiction Response (SOAR), a volunteer-based organization that advocates for harm-reduction strategies to the opioid crisis.
“People’s rights” hold the true solutions to climate injustice. This resource argues that we need a transformation of the food system, where power, resources, and responsibility is redistributed from the elites to the producers and consumers, who are the ones who can most significantly contribute to solving the climate crisis. The central idea of “peasant agroecology” builds communities, conserves biodiversity, is based on science, builds autonomy, and involves revolutionary grassroots resistance—both via political organizing and grassroots economic ownership that is at odds with current models of global capitalism.
Many people communicating for social change are exploring how to tell diverse and inclusive stories that center marginalized communities while building understanding about how inequality persists. Intersectionality is an important tool to help us tell great stories that help us understand systemic issues. Five guiding principles to telling intersectional stories: Show, don’t tell; Provide historical context; Uplift the voices of marginalized people; Tell whole stories; and, Radically reimagine the world.
In 2018, the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) campaign secured a landslide ballot measure victory in Portland, establishing a multi-million dollar municipal fund that addresses climate, economic, and racial justice by providing funding for renewable energy projects, job training and apprenticeship programs, and regenerative agriculture. Last year, we got to look “under the hood” with PCEF Steering Committee members to cover the history of the campaign, what PCEF does, and how the community-led coalition was able to win at the ballot box.
In a follow-up webinar, we came back together to share new developments on the victory and cover topics including:
- How has PCEF been implemented, and how is it helping the community build political power?
- What lessons have been learned since winning the legislation, and what challenges and insights does that bring?
- What would it take to replicate this winning model in your own context and municipality?
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Tafuta hapa chini kwa rasilimali zinazofunika makutano ya ushiriki wa hali ya hewa, sayansi ya kijamii na uchambuzi wa data. "Tunaamini kuwa ripoti hii inaonyesha uhusiano wa wazi kati ya mazoea ya sekta ya mafuta ya mafuta na athari mbaya kwa afya, usalama na haki za binadamu za wanawake wa Afrika, Wamarekani, Wamarekani wa asili, Latinos na wanawake wa mapato ya chini nchini Marekani na sehemu za Canada. """ Kwa mfano, uchafuzi wa hewa, maji na udongo unaotokana na mafuta ya makaa ya mawe huathiri uzazi wa wanawake, afya ya akili, na kazi na majukumu ya kila siku. Madhara ya shughuli za mafuta ya makaa ya mawe - ikiwa ni pamoja na uchimbaji, kuhifadhi na usafirishaji wa makaa ya mawe, mafuta, na gesi mara nyingi katika fomu ya gesi ya asili ya kioevu (LNG) - hutokana na uchafuzi wa moja kwa moja wa jamii na makampuni ya mafuta ya makaa ya mawe - michango ya viwanda ya kaboni dioksidi na methani. "Madhara ya hali ya hewa hayaathiri kila mtu kwa usawa, kwani mambo kama vile jinsia, jamii na hali ya kijamii na kiuchumi hufanya jamii fulani kuwa dhaifu zaidi kwa vitisho vinavyoongezeka vya mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. """ Ukosefu wa usawa wa kimataifa, uliosababishwa na utawala wa kiume, ukoloni, utawala wa wazungu na ubepari, unaendelea kuwaweka watu wa idadi kubwa ya watu duniani, na hasa wanawake, hatarini. Kujiunga Kentuckians kwa Jumuiya ya Madola kujifunza zaidi kuhusu juhudi zao za kina canvassing, masomo kujifunza, na mazoea bora kutoka uzoefu wao juu ya ardhi. Wakati wa webinar hii, washiriki watasikia kutoka kwa watu wanaohusika juu ya jinsi uchunguzi wa kina unaweza kuwa chombo chenye nguvu cha kuleta watu wapya katika harakati ya haki ya hali ya hewa na jinsi mafunzo yanaweza kutumika kwa mipango mingine ya uchunguzi wa kina wa hali ya hewa na mazungumzo ya uhusiano nchini kote. Kupanga mgogoro wa hali ya hewa - jamii zilizoathiriwa sana ni kiungo kinachokosekana kujenga nguvu zinazohitajika kushughulikia mgogoro wa hali ya hewa. Ili kukabiliana na mgogoro wa hali ya hewa na kubadilisha jamii yetu, lazima tuongeze utaratibu wa msingi. Shirika la Green New Deal Network, New York Communities for Change, Make the Road PA, One PA, CASA, PA Statewide Climate Table, na Florida Rising ni miongoni mwa mashirika ya kimataifa yanayohusika na haki za hali ya hewa. Ripoti hii inaelezea kazi ya makundi hayo na mengine ya kuandaa jamii za tabaka la kazi za rangi katika harakati ya hali ya hewa. "Kupanga lazima: (1) kuongozwa na jamii na kuzingatia masuala ambayo yana athari halisi kwa watu weusi, wenyeji, Latinos, na watu wa mapato ya chini; (2) msingi katika mfumo ambao unashindana na ubepari wa rangi; na (3) kukutana na masuala mengine yanayoathiri jamii za mstari wa mbele.""" Kentuckians for the Commonwealth ilifanya kazi katika Louisville, Bowling Green na Hazard, Kentucky, ambapo walipiga maelfu ya milango na kuwa na mazungumzo zaidi ya 600 na jamii za mapato ya chini na jamii za rangi. Wameandaa ripoti iliyoandikwa ambayo inashirikisha masomo, mandhari, na mazoea bora kutoka kwa uzoefu wao wa mahali ili kuelimisha mafunzo ya utafiti wa baadaye na muundo wa programu. Msaada wa Programu ya Mikopo ya Haki ya Hali ya Hewa ya Maabara ya Utetezi wa Hali ya Hewa Kupima, ramani, na kutarajia gentrification ya hali ya hewa katika Florida: Miami na Tampa masomo ya kesi kutambua uwezo wa kuvuruga ya gentrification ya hali ya hewa. Utafiti huu unaangalia athari za sasa na uwezekano wa gentrification ya hali ya hewa kwa wapangaji wa mapato ya chini na ya kati huko Miami na Tampa, kwani maeneo mbali na pwani ya karibu yanaonekana kuwa ya kupendeza zaidi kwa sababu ya ufahamu unaoongezeka wa hatari za hali ya hewa. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika ripoti ya ""Climate Gentrification Risk Index,"" utafiti huo unaonyesha kuwa idadi ya watu wanaokabiliwa na hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa ya hali ya hewa." Sheria ya Kupunguza Mfumuko wa Bei (IRA) itatumia jumla ya dola bilioni 40, ikiwa ni pamoja na dola bilioni 27 katika matumizi ya moja kwa moja, kuelekea jamii za haki ya mazingira na wakazi wa mapato ya chini - licha ya wafuasi kudai kuwa kiasi hicho ni dola bilioni 60. Just Solutions Collective ilifanya uchambuzi wake wa sehemu kwa sehemu ya maandishi ya IRA, ikiongeza upendeleo na matumizi mengine ya kawaida ili kutengeneza hesabu yake mwenyewe. Kwa jumla, IRA inajumuisha $ 228 bilioni katika mipango na $ 324 bilioni ya ziada katika matumizi ya kodi. Mipango ya moja kwa moja ya IRA kwa mazingira, hali ya hewa na nishati ni jumla ya $ 145 bilioni. "Hii ni dwarfed na $ 270 bilioni zinazotolewa katika nishati kuhusiana na matumizi ya kodi, kupitia aina mbalimbali ya mikopo ya kodi lengo la kuhamasisha hasa sekta binafsi kuwekeza katika nyanja mbalimbali za uchumi mbadala nishati: kutoka makampuni ya madini kuchimba lithiamu kwa viwanda viwanda inverter kwa viwanda vya kusafisha kutengeneza ""biomass-msingi"" jet mafuta kwa huduma ya kufunga solar panels." Kujenga nguvu ya muda mrefu ya msingi inahitaji kuzingatia masuala halisi na ubinadamu wa watu unaowapanga. Mashirika mengi katika West Virginia ni kukuza waandaaji, kujenga mashirika ambayo inaweza endelevu kuandaa jamii za mitaa kulingana na mahitaji yao kwa miaka ijayo, kuingiza misaada ya pamoja, na zaidi, katika juhudi za kushinda na kutumia nguvu za kisiasa. "Katika makala hii, mchangiaji wa The Forge Mat Hanson alizungumzia mikakati ya shirika na watu wengi wanaohusika katika ujenzi wa nguvu za msingi huko West Virginia: Katey Lauer, mwenyekiti mwenza wa West Virginia Can't Wait; Nicole McCormick, mwanachama mwanzilishi wa West Virginia United caucus na kiongozi wa faili katika mgomo wa walimu uliofanikiwa; Dr. Shane Smith, wa Restorative Actions na Black Voters Impact Initiative; na Joe Solomon, mwanzilishi mwenza na mkurugenzi mwenza wa Solutions Oriented Addiction (ARSO)." "Haki za watu" zina suluhisho la kweli kwa ukosefu wa haki wa hali ya hewa. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""tuna mahitaji ya mabadiliko ya mfumo wa chakula, ambapo nguvu, rasilimali na jukumu zinagawanywa kutoka kwa wasomi hadi wazalishaji na watumiaji, ambao ndio wanaoweza kuchangia zaidi kutatua mgogoro wa hali ya hewa.""" Wazo kuu la "ukaaji wa kilimo wa wakulima" hujenga jamii, huhifadhi utofauti wa kibiolojia, hutegemea sayansi, hujenga uhuru, na huhusisha upinzani wa mapinduzi ya msingi - wote kupitia shirika la kisiasa na umiliki wa kiuchumi wa msingi ambao unatofautiana na mifano ya sasa ya ubepari wa kimataifa. Watu wengi wanaohusiana kwa mabadiliko ya kijamii wanachunguza jinsi ya kuelezea hadithi tofauti na za kujumuisha ambazo zinazingatia jamii zilizotengwa wakati wa kujenga uelewa wa jinsi ukosefu wa usawa unavyoendelea. Intersectionality ni chombo muhimu cha kutusaidia kuwaambia hadithi kubwa ambazo zinatusaidia kuelewa masuala ya mfumo. Kanuni tano za kuongoza kwa kuelezea hadithi za msalaba: Onyesha, usiseme; Kutoa muktadha wa kihistoria; Kuinua sauti za watu waliotengwa; Kuelezea hadithi nzima; na, Kufikiria upya ulimwengu. Kampeni ya Mfuko wa Nishati safi wa Portland (PCEF) ilipata ushindi mkubwa katika kura ya Portland, kuanzisha mfuko wa manispaa wa dola milioni nyingi ambao unashughulikia hali ya hewa, uchumi, na haki ya kikabila kwa kutoa fedha kwa miradi ya nishati mbadala, mafunzo ya kazi na mipango ya ufundi, na kilimo cha upya. Mwaka jana, tulipata kuangalia "chini ya kofia" na wanachama wa Kamati ya Usimamizi wa PCEF kufunika historia ya kampeni, nini PCEF inafanya, na jinsi muungano ulioongozwa na jamii uliweza kushinda kwenye sanduku la kura. Katika webinar ya ufuatiliaji, tulirudi pamoja kushiriki maendeleo mapya juu ya ushindi na kufunika mada ikiwa ni pamoja na: - Jinsi gani PCEF imetekelezwa, na jinsi inavyoisaidia jamii kujenga nguvu za kisiasa? Ni masomo gani yamejifunza tangu kushinda sheria hiyo, na ni changamoto na ufahamu gani unaoleta? - Ni nini ingekuwa kuchukua kuiga mfano huu kushinda katika mazingira yako mwenyewe na manispaa? - Ukurasa wa 1 - Ukurasa unaofuata