Just Energy Policies: Reducing Pollution and Creating Jobs
- Abstract
With a growing understanding of the harmful impact of fossil fuel-based energy production on communities of color and low income communities, it is more important now than ever before that our communities take a stand to move our country to an energy efficient and clean energy future. Our intention in creating this compendium is that it will serve as a resource and will spur states to make sure their energy policies protect communities from harmful energy production processes while simultaneously providing equitable access to economic opportunities in energy efficiency and clean energy.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Author
- Jacqui Patterson
- Date
- February 2014
- Institution
- NAACP
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- Climate and Environmental Impacts
- Air pollution Overview/general Water
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Energy Conventional
- Solution
- Renewable/clean energy
- Other
- Advocacy Climate and environmental justice/health equity Co-benefits/co-harms Vulnerable populations