If Americans take full advantage of the Biden-Harris climate plan for clean-energy investment, our country can embrace a clean electricity standard and begin to advance environmental justice and infrastructure stability in Black and Brown neighborhoods, one charging station and electric vehicle at a time.
Unresolved inequity is revealed when Black communities are hit first and hardest from hurricanes and floods yet are given inadequate resources to repair before the next storm, Heather McTeer Toney writes.
Parents across America are no strangers to making hard decisions, and we expect our leaders to do no less. We cannot fail to address the clear and present danger of injustice, white supremacy and its effect on our nation’s government. We cannot afford to allow one second to pass without solid, transformative, science-based climate action. We can and must do both at the same time.
Privilege has always existed in the climate space just like it does everywhere else. But due to the urgency of the climate crisis, we no longer have the luxury of tolerating said privilege. Our planet requires climate action now, and it requires all of us.
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