Climate Change, Environmental Equity and the Black Community

This month’s severe weather in texas has refocused our attention on the issue of climate change.  Restoring power is still an issue there, as is getting the water works back to normal.  But this is also reminding us about long-standing issues about environmental equity in communities of color.  These are issues we need to pay attention to now, more than ever before.

Resources:

The American Association of Blacks in Energy

Maryland Green Registry

DC Office of the People’s Counsel

Part 1

Part 2

Damali Harding, Business Developement Director, Oracle Utilities/OPower, Member, Board of Directors, The American Association of Blacks in Energy

Charmaine Brown, Co-Chair, Maryland Commission on Climate Change