Less self inflicted need to carry the burden of climate change in a system that is designed to destroy our planet. It could save lives. Improve health. Create jobs. Fight injustices. It would allow all people to live in harmony with the planet and enjoy the abundance It offers.
"Environmental justice, or the lack thereof, doesn’t get talked about often in Iowa, even though nearly 30 percent of the state’s public water supplies are threatened by nitrate pollution and the dust and vapors from hog CAFOs is a perennial issue." https://t.co/stK6ZFE5gI
Why should we care what the “founding fathers” thought about guns or statehood for DC. That was 200 years ago, guns were muskets and Georgia was “the west.” Plus they enslaved human beings so maybe i don’t give a shit what they thought.
In other news, America's billionaires could give everybody in the country a $3,000 stimulus check and still be richer than they were before the pandemic.
It's past time for a wealth tax.
I'm hearing from a broad coalition of Americans—from every community and across political lines—who see enormous opportunities for job creation, equity, and climate achievement when it comes to advancing America's infrastructure.
To give you a sense of how 2021 is going
More Americans died from covid in the last 3 days than on 9/11, the Iraq war and the Afghanistan war combined, and that's not even a top 10 news story right now.