To enrich a select few, the government has jeopardized billions. This inequality is precisely why the U.S. is struggling to reduce its carbon emissions. To decarbonize the economy, we have to decarbonize our democracy, addressing the inefficiency and unresponsiveness that has become all too familiar.

A term that you may have only recently heard of, but is more important than ever, is intersectional environmentalism. But what is it?