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Author Méndez, Michael (Michael Anthony), author.

Title Climate change from the streets : how conflict and collaboration strengthen the environmental justice movement / Michael Méndez
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Seeing Carbon Reductionism and Climate Change from the Streets -- Climate Embodiment -- Contentious Capitol Climates -- Changing the Climate from the Streets of Oakland -- Cap and Trade-Offs -- Climate beyond Borders -- California Complexity and Possibility
Summary An urgent and timely story of the contentious politics of incorporating environmental justice into global climate change policy Although the science of climate change is clear, policy decisions about how to respond to its effects remain contentious. Even when such decisions claim to be guided by objective knowledge, they are made and implemented through political institutions and relationships-and all the competing interests and power struggles that this implies. Michael Méndez tells a timely story of people, place, and power in the context of climate change and inequality. He explores the perspectives and influence low income people of color bring to their advocacy work on climate change. In California, activist groups have galvanized behind issues such as air pollution, poverty alleviation, and green jobs to advance equitable climate solutions at the local, state, and global levels. Arguing that environmental protection and improving public health are inextricably linked, Mendez contends that we must incorporate local knowledge, culture, and history into policymaking to fully address the global complexities of climate change and the real threats facing our local communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2020)
Subject Environmental justice -- California
Environmentalism -- California
Environmental policy -- California
Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- California
Climatic changes -- Public opinion
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Climatic changes -- Political aspects
Environmental justice
Environmental policy
Environmentalism
California
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0300249373
9780300249378
0300232152
9780300232158