Bellamy Pailthorp, KNKX | 2/14/2024
Cap and Trade; False Solutions; Legislative Session
But the environmental justice group Front and Centered, which represents communities that have been overburdened by climate pollution, said the linkage bill lacks important guarantees.
“We haven’t really seen a compelling argument for how linkage would actually lead to the reduction of emissions,” said Nico Wedekind, the group’s policy counsel.
“And similarly, we are concerned with the effects of linkage on local communities across the state, particularly those who have already been facing the most direct effects of climate change and fossil fuel pollution,” he said…
Communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and people with lower incomes are on the frontlines of climate and environmental change.
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