Climate Change From the Streets : How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement.
Publisher: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2020Copyright date: 2020Description: xxi, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300232152
- 9780300232158
- Environmental justice -- California
- Environmentalism -- California
- Environmental policy -- California
- Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- California
- Climatic changes -- Public opinion
- Justice environnementale -- Californie
- Environnementalisme -- Californie
- Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Californie
- Climat -- Changements -- Aspect politique -- Californie
- Climat -- Changements -- Opinion publique
- Climatic changes -- Political aspects
- Environmental justice
- Environmental policy
- Environmentalism
- California
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- GE235.C25 .M45 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-270) and index.
Seeing Carbon Reductionism and Climate Change from the Streets -- Climate Embodiment -- Contentious Capitol Climates -- Changing the Climate from the Streets of Oakland -- Cap and Trade-Offs -- Climate beyond Borders -- California Complexity and Possibility.
"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 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."-- Front flap of dust jacket.