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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Copyright
Yes
Artifact Type
Theory
Reference Type
Report
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
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