This episode explores energy and environmental justice with Operation Fuel’s Executive Director Brenda Watson, who is elevating awareness as well as challenging the structural causes of home energy affordability. Watson’s professional career spans 20 years in the areas of energy affordability, transportation planning, municipal government, and community organizing.
The financial burden that low-income communities and communities of color face when it comes to energy consumption is indeed a societal issue, not one that specific to that community. It is up to lawmakers and people no matter where they land in the social strata, to make informed, sound policy and advocacy decisions that improve the lives of those who are disadvantaged if our goal is to move toward a more just society.
For more information about Operation Fuel, visit https://operationfuel.org
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