Despite how many dirty problems there were with the supposed “green” energy bill various climate groups supported it in order to ensure that their personal programs and agendas were funded by the bill.
Is money enough reason to push for a dirty-green bill when the people who will be hurt most by it are the working poor and people of color? I think not!
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thanks so much for posting this – everyone needs to watch!
well put, thanks for saying this loud and clear!
It’s ridiculous to think that we’re going to achieve climate justice with the oppressive tactics of the past. One more reason not to compromise on a climate bill…
Well said–though I’m curious if this was made before the key equity provisions were added (including Bobby Rush’s essential green-construction careers-demonstration program). Certainly far from a perfect bill, but these made it a lot more palatable, no? J&J Politics had a good breakdown: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/06/green-jobs-for-black-people-victory-in-the-house/
The things you say in this video are great, and the thing that got me into the piece even more was the way the information was presented. It was done with just the right balance of anger and sadness over what “mainstream” climate groups had done (or rather, not done) to marginalize the climate justice issues in the bill.
Great stuff!
I’m happy you all dig it and my hope is that it will encourage even more to step forward in the green public forum and speak to the need for a more holistic “green agenda”. One Love for ALL.