Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE, a New York-based climate justice group, said this divergence of views showed that the administration was not doing enough to consult on-the-ground groups fighting these issues.
“There has to be a flip in the way we’re thought of, and we need to be thought of and engaged as partners, meaningfully engaged in decision making,” Yeampierre said.
“If the federal government follows the lead of frontline communities that are literally transforming the landscape, we should be able to move as quickly as climate change is moving.”