Energy Quote by Jamaal Bowman

Poor people of all colors are getting poorer and our communities are getting more toxic. There is a misconception that to grow our economy…

— Majora Carter

The burden of high energy costs is felt disproportionately by low-income and Black and brown families. Every person has the right to these basic…

— Cori Bush

We recognise the link between environmental failure and social injustice. When the energy sector is privatised and deregulated, it not only tends to pollute…

— Barry Gardiner

Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.

— Jim Yong Kim

Human life is important and it feels like there is not a concern in communities of color. Very frustrated, but we will never give…

— Martin Luther King III

It's important for people of color to link up with issues around globalization, food security, health, the environment.

— Danny Glover

We need to tackle energy poverty.

— Ban Ki-moon

Today I see more clearly than yesterday that the back of the problem of race and color lies a greater problem which both obscures…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

We have to have a planet to pass on to the next generation, and these issues of climate change and climate justice and the…

— Pramila Jayapal

I'm saying you should have the right not only to be an energy consumer but an energy producer. Follow the money to understand why…

— Van Jones

The poorest people in the world (particularly in low-lying areas) will suffer the most if we do not take action on climate change... that…

— Jason David Frank

We are in a social and political context in which the norm is to punish poor folks of color rather than to educate and…

— Michelle Alexander