Latinx Organizations Calling on Congress and the Administration to Support Climate Justice and Clean Energy Infrastructure

The document argues that Latinx communities are disproportionately affected by climate hazards, pollution, and economic disparities. It calls for a national Clean Energy Standard by 2035, the electrification of public transit and school buses, and the remediation of abandoned oil and gas wells. The authors demand that at least 40% of infrastructure investments be directed toward disadvantaged communities and call for the Department of Labor to establish heat illness standards to protect outdoor workers, particularly farmworkers.

• Latinx communities face disproportionate exposure to climate hazards and pollution, often compounded by unequal access to healthcare and overrepresentation in vulnerable sectors like agriculture and construction.
• The coalition demands that at least 40% of future infrastructure investments be allocated to communities of color and low-income communities to address historic inequities.
• The authors advocate for a national Clean Energy Standard (CES) to achieve 100% renewable, pollution-free electricity by 2035, explicitly rejecting 'false solutions' such as biomass, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and nuclear energy.
• There is a critical need to electrify public transit and school buses to reduce pollution and improve mobility for Latinx workers, who use public transit nearly three times more often than others.
• The document highlights the danger of abandoned oil and gas wells, noting that at least 1.81 million Latinxs in the U.S. live within half a mile of such facilities.
• The coalition calls for the Department of Labor to establish a heat illness standard to protect workers, noting that crop workers are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related causes than other civilian occupations.
• The authors argue that FEMA's disaster aid distribution is inequitable, often favoring white victims and communities over people of color, and call for the creation of an 'equity standard'.

APA

GreenLatinos (2021). Latinx Organizations Calling on Congress and the Administration to Support Climate Justice and Clean Energy Infrastructure. GreenLatinos. https://www.greenlatinos.org/latinx-organizations-calling-on-congress-and-the-administration-to-support-climate-justice-and-clean-energy-infrastructure/

Chicago

GreenLatinos. Latinx Organizations Calling on Congress and the Administration to Support Climate Justice and Clean Energy Infrastructure. GreenLatinos, 2021. https://www.greenlatinos.org/latinx-organizations-calling-on-congress-and-the-administration-to-support-climate-justice-and-clean-energy-infrastructure/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{greenlatinos2021latinx, author = {GreenLatinos}, title = {{Latinx Organizations Calling on Congress and the Administration to Support Climate Justice and Clean Energy Infrastructure}}, publisher = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2021}, month = aug, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/latinx-organizations-calling-on-congress-and-the-administration-to-support-climate-justice-and-clean-energy-infrastructure/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }