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Posted on November 11, 2024
Justice40 Implementation Guide for State and Local Governments
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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.
Posted on November 11, 2024
Guidelines for Maximizing the Benefits of Federal Investments in Buildings
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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
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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
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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
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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
People's Utility Justice Playbook
In order to fight the industry-owned utilities’ tactics, we need our own strategies for combat! We have our very own playbook sourced from energy justice activists on the ground. They suggest strategies and tactics they employ when fighting against utilities that anyone fighting against utilities could use!
A People’s History of Utilities
Electric utilities have expanded into almost every aspect of our lives to become one of the most powerful and concentrated industries on Earth. To have a better understanding of what we’re fighting against, we first need to learn about the history of energy utilities! This PDF summarizes the entire timeline and how the rise of energy democracy came about.
Climate Equity & Community Engagement in Building Electrification Toolkit
Based on San Francisco’s involvement with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network’s Zero Cities Project, this initiative aimed to explore community engagement methods to identify best practices, lessons learned, and models for fostering equity and climate resiliency through anchor-community strategies.
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Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen
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Understanding and changing how banana peels brown could help the world save tons of food ...
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Can Inflation Reduction Save the Planet?
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Is the Fight Against Big Oil Headed to the Supreme Court?
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