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  in response to Glenn

  Your comment shows a shocking lack of knowledge and respect for the environmental justice movement.  There are real reasons to be concerned about cap and trade from a social justice standpoint -- that does not make anyone a front for Big Oil or Coal, and if you spent 5 minutes on the websites of any of these groups you'd know that.  When it comes to challenging corporate power, the environmental justice movement is on the frontlines.  They're the ones being poisoned most directly by polluters -- for you to suggest that they are funded by industry boggles the mind.On National environmental justice coalition blasts cap-and-trade, backs carbon tax posted 1 year, 5 months ago 9 Responses

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  setting the record straight...

  Gillian Caldwell is no longer working at Witness; she is now the Campaign Director for 1Sky, a new initiative mobilizing diverse grassroots support for policy solutions at the scale of the climate challenge before us: 80% emissions cuts by 2050, the creation of 5 million new jobs in green industries, and a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants.  (Full disclosure: I am the Field and Outreach Associate for 1Sky.)  I invite all Grist readers to check out our work and get involved at http://www.1sky.org as we build a unified climate movement together.On Smart people talk about serious questions posted 1 year, 10 months ago 3 Responses

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  no denying that India's government is corrupt...

  ...but that is not the issue here.  If you're going to critique Khosla's individual practices, why do you feel the need to connect that to the corrupt practices of the Indian government?  The implication is that Khosla is corrupt because he is Indian, and that is where the xenophobic bias comes in, whether you intended it or not.On Keeping power broker's hands out of the cookie jar posted 1 year, 11 months ago 57 Responses

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  From an Indian-American reader

  "That may be how business is done in India but that may also explain a lot of India's past problems.   We need to fix the problem here before we end up like India (the country you bailed from)."  Nice xenophobia there, buddy.  Heaven knows we didn't have money corrupting our political system before Vinod Khosla exploded upon the scene!  If we don't watch out, the U.S. will become a festering third world hellhole, like India!  Please.  Save this kind of trash for nativist web sites.On Keeping power broker's hands out of the cookie jar posted 1 year, 11 months ago 57 Responses

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  lets talk about climate JUSTICE

  Dave,

  I love what you're trying to do with this series and I agree with your objectives 100%, but one quibble... why call it climate "equity"?  Lets go a step farther and call it climate justice!  Climate change is the largest environmental justice challenge our planet has ever faced and the grassroots groups working on these issues see themselves as part of a climate JUSTICE movement, not a "climate equity" movement.  The idea of climate justice is aspirational and I believe that is the term we should embrace - equity sounds weak in comparision.  With that said...

  There is a third dimension to climate (in)justice beyond disproportionate impacts and responsibilities, and that is the idea of who is involved in formulating solutions.  The communities that are worst impacted by climate change (people of color, low-income, indigenous, developing nations - we have to name it) must have a seat at the policy-making table.  Climate policy formulated poorly can actually create additional social, economic and environmental hardships for already marginalized communities and we must avoid this pitfall.

  Finally, good people to talk to... the Indigenous Environmental Network (Tom Goldtooth) and the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (Nia Robinson) are both doing fantastic grassroots climate justice work.  Rajendra Pachauri of the IPCC has been outspoken about the connections between climate change, development and poverty.  Tomorrow the Global Development and Economic Institute at Tufts University is presenting an award to economists Jojo Kwame Sundaram and Steven DeCanio for their work on climate equity.  The list could go on and on... I look forward to reading this series!On Introducing an ongoing series on the most undercovered aspect of climate change posted 2 years, 1 month ago 16 Responses