Coal Blooded: Putting Profits Before People

“Ultimately, accomplishing climatejustice will require that new alliances areforged and traditional movements aretransformed…special interests arerepresented by powerful lobbies, whiletraditional environmentalists often failto engage people of color, Indigenouspeoples, and low-income communitiesuntil after the political playing field hasbeen defined and limited to conventionalenvironmental goals…”--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The time is now for those disproportionately affected toassume leadership in the climate change debate, to speak truthto power, and to assert rights to social, environmental andeconomic justice. 128--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Page | 49