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Op-ed | How Congress, environmental leaders can close the wage gap and win on climate
The past few weeks in our nation’s capital have been a whirlwind — in a good way. Historic investments to address critical societal issues, from student loan debt to climate change, will help everyday Americans and show that real progress is possible. Yet, we are falling short in one area essential for our democracy and a winning climate movement: the pay gap. The numbers are bleak, especially for those working to protect our environment.
Read MoreWhy Congressional Candidates Should Talk About Climate Change
A recent memo from the research firm Global Strategy Group and Green 2.0, a group that advocates for diversity in environmental activism, builds-off that finding. It shows both that a majority of voters of color rate climate change as a top concern, and that a significant share of them are motivated to do something about it.
Read MorePoll: Climate Change Is a Key Issue in the Midterm Elections Among Likely Voters of Color
About 70 percent of people of color who responded to a recent poll said climate change had an impact on their home regions or communities.
Eighty-six percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander respondents, about 72 percent of African Americans and 76 percent of Hispanic voters said their communities had been affected, according to the survey.
Those findings, released Thursday, come from a nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters likely voters conducted earlier this month by Green 2.0, a watchdog group that promotes inclusion in the environmental movement. The survey has a 3.1 percentage point margin of error for the entire poll, the group said. The margin of error for Black and Hispanic respondents was 9.8 percentage points and 9.7 percentage points for respondents who were Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
Read MoreBlack, Other Voters of Color Lean Into Climate Action, Poll Says
Voters of color are more likely to be concerned about climate change and more adamant that the US needs to address the issue, according to a poll unveiled Thursday by a green diversity group.
Read MoreGreen Groups Commit on Pay Equity
Many of the biggest environmental groups such as the National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club are pledging to tackle the racial wage gap, particularly disparities affecting women of color, under a Pay Equity Pledge campaign announced Wednesday.
Read MoreGreen Groups Make Pay Equity Pledge to Combat Racial Wage Gap
Many of the biggest environmental groups such as the National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club are pledging to tackle the racial wage gap, particularly disparities affecting women of color, under a Pay Equity Pledge campaign announced Wednesday.
Read MoreDear White Enviros: You can’t fight climate change without communities of color
In the summer of 2020, amid America’s national reckoning with its white supremacism and systemic racism, lovers of nature and conservation began to ask questions about how our national parks and other public lands fit into this reckoning.
Read MoreWhat’s next for the Civilian Climate Corps?
All last year, the promise of a new Civilian Climate Corps galvanized young, progressive voters, with the Democratic base energized around President Biden’s support for the initiative.
Read MoreEnvironmental NGOs inch forward on racial and ethnic diversity
Green 2.0 was established in 2014 as a watchdog on diversity in the environmental sector. The organization works to diversify the racial and ethnic face of the movement by providing research, data and education to environmental organizations, foundations and other stakeholders.
Read MoreEnviro groups slowly diversify; funding gaps remain
The environmental movement has made some progress in diversifying its ranks, a watchdog group said today, but much more work needs to be done.
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