NAACP Takes Up the Clean-Energy Fight

According to a study, African-American children are four to six times more likely than white children to die from asthma.

Asthma, along with other illnesses, is linked to toxins pumped out by coal-fired power plants, and approximately 68 percent of African
American families live within 30 miles of a coal-fired plant.

Given the disproportionate impact that these illnesses have on African American, addressing these challenges is a civil rights imperative.

The NAACP has decided to shape the emerging clean economy by engaging in it. Starting this year, a full 100 percent of the energy that the NAACP’s Baltimore headquarters consumes will come from Green-E Certified Wind Power.

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