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California Environmental Justice Organizers Are Writing the Future of Climate Plans

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See the EJ sections and notes on the committee (EJAC) that became formalized in California’s first major climate law: 2006, Núñez, the AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act. The mother of California’s climate laws, AB 32 aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent of our 1990 emission levels by 2050. 24 (OK, that was wonky.)

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The City That Was in a Forest—Atlanta’s Disappeared Trees and Black People: A Conversation with Hugh “H. D.” Hunter

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48 With a third of the city’s general fund going to law enforcement rather than housing, it becomes clear where the city’s priorities lie. 47 These are just a few of the groups that have committed to a struggle for liberation of Black people in Atlanta, including freeing us from the threat of the Cop City project.

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The Great Awakening, and Workers’ Fight to Stay Woke

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On the FAST Act, see Karis Stephen, “New California Law Forces Fast Food Restaurants to Think Fast,” Regulatory Review , October 25, 2022. See Catherine Thorbecke and Chris Isidore, “Union wins right to represent workers at an Apple store for the first time,” CNN, June 19, 2022, www.cnn.com/2022/06/19/tech/apple-store-union-vote/ index.html.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

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This was not so often the case in the 1960s, when civil rights laws were passed and long-term employment, at least in unionized sectors, was the norm; it is the case today. Conservative politicians and business lobbyists wielded labor law to suppress union activity, such as making boycotts and solidarity strikes illegal.