In These Times

‘As Oil Plummets, Climate Activists Say Now Is the Time to Mobilize for a Green New Deal’

“In this pandemic we are seeing the government bailing out big companies instead of poor people and the middleclass. We feel that the climate crisis—and also coronavirus—disproportionately affects communities of color and lower class. And the big oil industry and corporations treat migrant communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color and lower class as if they were disposable,” said Goody, whose organization runs environmental justice clubs at 10 Bay Area schools.”