Energy Access & Equity
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Study Shows Energy Costing More for Black American Households
Black American households continue to pay substantially more for energy than whites, pointing to yet another injustice radiating outwards from generations of racial segregation ... -
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B.C. Coastal First Nations Begin Shift from Diesel to Local Hydro
Two of the 11 off-grid and largely diesel-dependent First Nations communities along the British Columbia coast are investing C$25 million in hydro power in ... -
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House Democrats’ Blueprint Aims for Net-Zero by 2050, Connects Racial Inequity with Rising Temperatures
A climate plan released this week by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives is receiving wide acknowledgement as a sweeping proposal that would ... -
200 Farmers in Netherlands Sign On for $560M Onshore Wind Farm
In an important win for community-based wind energy, more than 200 farmers in a rural area east of Amsterdam have banded together to secure ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHydropowerJobs & TrainingSolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Democrats Debate Climate Policy, Introduce Green Infrastructure Measures as Fall Election Approaches
With the U.S. federal election just 131 days away, climate and clean energy are poised to take centre stage in the campaign, with Democrats ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
U.S. Policy-Makers Are ‘Easy Prey’ for Anti-Solar Lobbyists, Study Finds
Inoculating policy-makers against utility lobbying by helping them understand the benefits of community solar will be critical to realizing the promise of energy equity ... -
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Declaration for Resilience Urges ‘New Normal’ for Canadian Cities
Canada’s urban planning experts, along with leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, have signed on to the 2020 Declaration for Resilience in ... -
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Government Stimulus Packages Lock In Fossil Growth, Squander Opportunity for Green Recovery, Global Assessment Warns
Too many governments are squandering the opportunity to build a green recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, directing dollars to technologies that ... -
Transit Agencies, Advocates Sort Out Safety in the Age of COVID
Despite serious concerns that fears of coronavirus infection will drive commuters out of mass transit vehicles and into their cars, there’s an emerging body ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingSolar
Racial Injustice Casts Shadow Over Clean Energy Boom
America’s clean energy sector could have a bright future, pushing down electricity costs, cleaning up emissions, and potentially supporting hundreds of thousands of new ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Yeampierre: No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
The exploitative calculus that drives climate change is a mirror to the rapaciousness of slavery—and climate activists who still can’t see the connection between ... -
Cleantech Sector Still Falls Short on Diversity, Equity
Clean energy organizations across the U.S. are doing some soul-searching as protests roll across the country in the wake of the death of George ... -
CitiesDemand & EfficiencyEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationUnited States
Minneapolis Climate Plan Fails to Serve Black, Low-Income Neighbourhoods
What was greeted seven years ago as a groundbreaking local climate action plan in Minneapolis is now being flagged as a source of racial ... -
BuildingsDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Missouri Utility to Test On-Bill Payments for Fund Home Energy Retrofits
A Missouri utility is moving to clear one of the barriers to home energy retrofits, with a pilot program to cover the up-front cost ... -
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Climate Justice Requires Racial Justice, Expert Panel Says
The roiling traumas of racial injustice, coronavirus, and climate change are a “veritable witch’s brew of community risk,” according to a panel of five ...
