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Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement

Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement

Mendez, Michael

Hardcover

Environmental StudiesGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

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ISBN10: 0300232152
ISBN13: 9780300232158
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published: Jan 7 2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
An urgent and timely story of the contentious politics of incorporating environmental justice into global climate change policy

Winner of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, sponsored by the International Studies Association

Should be required reading for the most committed Green New Dealers and their opponents alike.--Liam Denning, Bloomberg

Although the science of climate change is clear, policy decisions about how to respond to its effects remain contentious. Even when such decisions claim to be guided by objective knowledge, they are made and implemented through political institutions and relationships--and all the competing interests and power struggles that this implies.

Michael Méndez tells a timely story of people, place, and power in the context of climate change and inequality. He explores the perspectives and influence that low-income people of color bring to their advocacy work on climate change. In California, activist groups have galvanized behind issues such as air pollution, poverty alleviation, and green jobs to advance equitable climate solutions at the local, state, and global levels. Arguing that environmental protection and improving public health are inextricably linked, Mendez contends that we must incorporate local knowledge, culture, and history into policymaking to fully address the global complexities of climate change and the real threats facing our local communities.

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