Topic: Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Required Reading:
Green New Deal Resolution
A New Climate for Climate by Justin Worland (Time Magazine, April 1, 2019)
Movie: Before the Flood
Question:
Nearly 70% of Americans believe that climate change is taking place throughout the world. While most Americans believe that climate change depends on making deep structural changes to the world’s economies such as ending fossil fuel extraction people can accelerate the process in their own lives. Assess the New Green Deal and the balance between the role that average people can play and the macro-structural trends that impact climate change. Despite scientific evidence, not everyone believes in climate change. Why is that the case?