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Notably, cities are taking action to ensure that the funding incorporates the goals of creating a new green economy, which delivers well-paid green jobs in construction and includes historically marginalised communities in a more sustainable and equitable future. They are leading in retrofitting homes and buildings, installing rooftop solar, electrifying transit and personal vehicles, and adopting smart land-use policies

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Inside Climate News
View In: Climate JusticeRobert Bullard has watched the concept of environmental justice grow from an obscure notion in Houston in the 1970s into a high-profile global movement aimed at abetting pollution and climate change.  Bullard, a former dean and professor at Texas Southern University, has authored 18 books on environmenta...

Popular Resistance
View In: Climate JusticeWe live in a world that is on track for a global temperature rise of 3.2 degrees celsius, at least.  We know that rich countries bear the biggest responsibility for the carbon in the atmosphere that is leading to this ecological catastrophe. We also know that the burden of the crisis is falling disproportionatel...

Bright Green
View In: Climate JusticeMembers of the Green Party of England and Wales will be electing a new executive (GPEx) this summer. As part of Bright Green‘s coverage of the elections, our editor Chris […] The post There is no social justice without climate justice – Interview with Molly Scott Cato appeared first on Bright Green.

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
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Portugal's Climate Justice Movement Takes on Oil and Gas Company Galp

There can be absolutely no option on the table when it comes to new fossil projects and infrastructure.

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Yale Universities Climate Connections
View In: Climate JusticeOne of the Clara Lionel Foundation’s goals is to improve climate resilience in Rihanna’s home region, the Caribbean. The post Rihanna’s nonprofit is giving $15 million to environmental justice groups appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.