Resources

Posted on November 11, 2024

Justice40 Implementation Guide for State and Local Governments

Posted in Blog, Company Updates, News, Press Releases

This guide aims to help state and local-level administrators optimize federal investments to benefit underserved communities in alignment with the Justice40 Initiative. President Biden established the Justice40 Initiative through Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which aims to ensure that at least 40 percent of overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities.

Categories

Recent Posts

Posted on November 11, 2024

Guidelines for Maximizing the Benefits of Federal Investments in Buildings

Posted in Blog, Company Updates, News, Press Releases

This guide was created by Elevate, Building Electrification Institute, Emerald Cities Collaborative, the Greenlining Institute, Greenlink Analytics, Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, and NRDC to provide a starting point for state policy makers and climate teams that are designing programs that will benefit from IRA and IIJA funding. With this direction, we hope to support programs that are equity-driven and co-created with the communities they aim to serve…

Posted on November 11, 2024

The Equity Pledge & Implementation Guidance For Renewable Energy Developers & Investors

Posted in Blog, Company Updates, News, Press Releases

The Equity Pledge & Implementation Guidance for Renewable Energy Developers & Investors is a comprehensive roadmap that is rooted in a justice-centered framework, and grounded in core principles that resonate with and benefit local communities on the front lines of environmental racism and economic injustice.

Posted on November 11, 2024

Connect To Build: Frontline Organizations And Federal Infrastructure Funding Opportunities

Posted in Blog, Company Updates, News, Press Releases

Frontline organizations with commitments to transforming the housing landscape, building transportation equity and achieving environmental justice have a tremendous amount of wisdom to share about how to make use of public dollars.

Posted on November 11, 2024

Community Resilience: A Community Engagement Primer For Health Professionals

Posted in Blog, Company Updates, News, Press Releases

This primer is a companion guide to the Anchor-Community Engagement Workbook and is part of an on-going series of case studies and reports highlighting best practices, lessons learned and models for creating community resilience– health, wealth and climate resilience — through anchor community strategies…

Toolkits

NEWSFEED

What World Leaders Told Us About Trump, China and Climate Change

At the Climate Forward live event, we spoke to top policymakers about China, the Trump effect on climate policy and the boom in artificial intelligence. …

Read More

Heat waves are damaging bird eggs during incubation

The latest heat waves are concerning for birds, whose eggs could be damaged from the ...
Read More

Arizona to End Water Leases to Saudi-Owned Alfalfa Farm

The farm grows alfalfa for export to Saudi Arabia, where it’s fed to dairy cows. ...
Read More

Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion to Cut Carbon from Industry

Industries produce 25 percent of America’s planet-warming emissions but so far have proved very hard ...
Read More

When Living in California Means Fearing the Outdoors

The air quality gets so bad from wildfires that we are left clinging to our air purifiers. Read More

Read More

“Back to the Future” DeLorean returns with Alpha5 EV

DeLorean makes a sustainable reentry into the future in 2022 with the Alpha5. It’s an ...
Read More