Governor Evers’ Task Force Confronts Climate Change With Environmental Justice


Governor Evers’ Task Force Confronts Climate Change With Environmental Justice


Lt. Governor Barnes pushes members to inject environmental justice into all task force recommendations

Some members want to solve climate change by “dismantling capitalism”

Climate change isn’t just about the climate changing anymore. At least, not according to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. Barnes believes preventing global warming won’t be done correctly unless solutions also cure societal inequities and pave the way for the “transition into a just and equitable clean economy.”

Barnes is the head of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. The task force was created on October 17, 2019 by Gov. Evers to propose strategies and legislation that “mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change.”

Evers plans to achieve this by making the energy grid in Wisconsin 100% carbon-free by 2050. No coal, no natural gas, just “green” renewable energy sources. He set this goal on August 16, 2019 in Executive Order #38. The Order also established the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy and codified Evers’ commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement.

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