RETHINKING "GREENING OF HATE": CLIMATE EMISSIONS, IMMIGRATION, AND THE LAST FRONTIER.

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  • Author(s): AUFRECHT, MONICA
  • Source:
    Ethics & the Environment. Fall2012, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p51-74. 24p. 1 Diagram, 1 Map.
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    • Subject Terms:
      CLIMATE change; IMMIGRANTS; CARBON dioxide & the environment; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); AIR pollution
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED StatesReport Available; ALASKAReport Available
    • Abstract:
      There has been a recent resurgence of what Betsy Hartmann dubbed "the greening of hate" (blaming immigrants for environmental issues in the US). When immigrants move to the U.S., the argument goes, their CO2 emissions increase, thereby making climate change worse. Using migration from the Lower 48 to Alaska as a model, I illustrate how this anti-immigration argument has more traction than it is generally given credit for, and might be more convincing in a different situation. Nonetheless, it is not convincing given the current pattern of climate emissions and prevailing justice considerations. Climate matters; how we treat each other matters, too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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