AME Church: Climate change disproportionately hurts blacks
- Abstract
African Methodist Episcopal Church members have joined the call of other religious leaders for action on climate change, citing its disproportionate effect on the health of black people. “We can move away from the dirty fuels that make us sick and shift toward safe, clean energy like wind and solar that help make every breath our neighbors and families take a healthy one,” reads a resolution passed on Wednesday (July 13), at the end of the church’s quadrennial General Conference in Philadelphia.
- Resource Type
- Position paper/statement
- Author
- AM Banks
- Resource URL
- http://religionnews.com/2016/07/14/ame-church-climate-change-disproportionately-hurts-blacks/
- Publication
- Religion News Service
- Date
- July 14, 2016
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Energy Conventional
- Fossil Fuel
- Coal
- Solution
- Renewable/clean energy
- Other
- Climate and environmental justice/health equity