Friday, April 23, 2010

Latinos, African Americans [Allegedly] Willing to Pay More to Slow Climate Change | La Prensa San Diego
Among Nevada’s Latinos, for example, 93 percent of Republicans said, “take action now” on climate change, a higher rate even than the state’s Latino independents (89 percent) and Democrats (88 percent).   [How many Nevadan Latino Republicans were surveyed?]
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Benjamin also cited the link between income status and health, mentioning a 1995 Chicago heat wave that left 600 people dead. Many of the dead were low-income African-American elderly, some of whom did not turn on their air conditioning for fear of being unable to pay a higher bill.    [If that's true, should we make electricity rates skyrocket in an attempt to prevent occasional heat waves in Chicago?]

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