Statement on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Felicia Davis – More than a decade ago I wrote that, African Americans are disproportionately affected by power plant emissions because we are concentrated in large urban centers, suffer higher rates of asthma and share a historical bond with the developing world where climate change threatens already weak and overburdened economies. From this perspective, power plant cleanup is elevated on the long list of social justice imperatives (Air of Injustice 2002). President Obama’s Clean Power Plan will finally put our nation on a sustainable energy path. Black colleges can help ensure that clean energy opportunities flow to communities most impacted by carbon pollution.”
Felicia Davis is founder of the HBCU Green Fund and director of the Building Green Initiative.
http://www.energyjustice.net/files/coal/Air_of_Injustice.pdf
http://hbcugreenfund.org/
