Fossil fuel racism: How phasing out oil, gas, and coal can protect communities

Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Donaghy, Tim
Jiang, Charlie
Publisher
Greenpeace
Date
April 2021
Abstract / Description

Fossil fuels — coal, oil, and gas — lie at the heart of the crises we face, including public 
health, racial injustice, and climate change. This report synthesizes existing research 
and provides new analysis that finds that the fossil fuel industry contributes to public 
health harms that kill hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and 
disproportionately endanger Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor communities. 
President Joe Biden and the 117th Congress have a historic opportunity to improve 
public health, tackle the climate crisis, and confront systemic racism at the same time 
by phasing out fossil fuel production and use. (author introduction)

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Artifact Type
Theory
Reference Type
Report
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
P4HE Authored
No
Topic Area
Policy and Practice » Interventions
Social/Structural Determinants » Environment/Context
Social/Structural Determinants » Environment/Context » Climate Change
Social/Structural Determinants » Environmental/Community Health » Environmental Injustice
Social/Structural Determinants » Isms and Phobias » Racism