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Climate One

Oppressive Heat: Climate Change and Civil Rights

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Climate One

Social Sciences, Earth Sciences, Science, News Commentary, News

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Communities of color often live closest to factories and refineries that spew toxic pollution. That’s one reason why polls show more African Americans and Latinos say climate is a serious concern than whites. Ingrid Brostrom, Assistant Director, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor Emeritus, Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Atlanta, GA Mystic, Musician, Bay Area Coordinator, Hip Hop Caucus This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA on October 31, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, economy and the environment.

0:36.6

When it comes to the impact of climate, economy, and the environment.

0:42.2

When it comes to the impact of climate change, minorities and economically disadvantaged communities usually suffer the most.

0:43.8

They are getting the double whammy of being physically impacted by the local pollution,

0:47.8

but they're also going to be impacted first and worse by climate, and they're going to be less

0:51.7

resilient.

0:52.7

Which makes climate disruption more than just an environmental issue.

0:56.4

Climate change was always part of the platform in terms of connecting it to civil rights

1:01.2

and to human rights and to social justice.

1:03.9

And just like the civil rights movement, churches are getting involved to make the moral

1:07.4

case for climate action.

1:09.0

The environmentalists, the conservationists, cannot keep this in their own little bailiwick, their own little silo.

1:14.6

This is, this is, it's big.

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