mick silver
2nd January 2014, 11:44 AM
http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/12/institute-index-a-call-for-racial-justice-in-energ.html Date on which the NAACP released a report (http://naacp.3cdn.net/5502c09b47ddedffb9_wrim6j5v0.pdf) looking at state energy policy from a racial justice angle: 12/17/2013Of the three states* the report found to have the best energy policies, number in the South: 0
Of the three states** the report found to have the worst energy policies, number in South: 3
Rank of Alabama among states where residents' energy bills take up the greatest proportion of their income: 1
Percent of African Americans who live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant: about 68
Number of times more likely an African-American child is to die from an asthma attack than a white American child: 2
Percent by which values of properties near coal-fired power plants are lower: 15
Percent of energy jobs held by African Americans: 1.1
Number of times that the unemployment rate for African Americans exceeds that of white Americans: nearly 2
Number of jobs that could be created nationwide if electric utilities were to fulfill 20 percent of their sales through renewable energy by 2020: 1.9 million
Number of states that have Minority Business Enterprise provisions specifically tailored for the energy industry: 0
Percent of revenue from energy sector profits gained by African Americans: .01
Number of times by which the wealth of white Americans exceeds that of African Americans: 20
Percent of income a household making more than $50,000 a year spends on energy bills: 9
Making less than $50,000 a year: 21
Amount African Americans spent on energy in 2009 alone: $41 billion
* Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York
** Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee
(The figures in this index and the diagram above come from the NAACP report "Just Energy Policies: Reducing Pollution and Creating Jobs." (http://naacp.3cdn.net/5502c09b47ddedffb9_wrim6j5v0.pdf))
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Of the three states** the report found to have the worst energy policies, number in South: 3
Rank of Alabama among states where residents' energy bills take up the greatest proportion of their income: 1
Percent of African Americans who live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant: about 68
Number of times more likely an African-American child is to die from an asthma attack than a white American child: 2
Percent by which values of properties near coal-fired power plants are lower: 15
Percent of energy jobs held by African Americans: 1.1
Number of times that the unemployment rate for African Americans exceeds that of white Americans: nearly 2
Number of jobs that could be created nationwide if electric utilities were to fulfill 20 percent of their sales through renewable energy by 2020: 1.9 million
Number of states that have Minority Business Enterprise provisions specifically tailored for the energy industry: 0
Percent of revenue from energy sector profits gained by African Americans: .01
Number of times by which the wealth of white Americans exceeds that of African Americans: 20
Percent of income a household making more than $50,000 a year spends on energy bills: 9
Making less than $50,000 a year: 21
Amount African Americans spent on energy in 2009 alone: $41 billion
* Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York
** Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee
(The figures in this index and the diagram above come from the NAACP report "Just Energy Policies: Reducing Pollution and Creating Jobs." (http://naacp.3cdn.net/5502c09b47ddedffb9_wrim6j5v0.pdf))
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