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The high economic, social, and health costs of unaffordable energy
By Arjun Makhijani, PhD – Unaffordable energy bills impact all of society—including those who can afford to regularly pay their own bills. The direct impacts of unaffordable energy for families experiencing economic stress include ill-health, hunger, utility shutoffs and even evictions because of their inability to pay all the monthly bills. But the indirect impacts…
Polluter Pays: A Pathway to Affordability and Financing Climate Justice
By Jennifer Moon & Brandon Dawson – States and localities are leading the way towards holding fossil fuel interests accountable for the climate damage they cause. They are sending a message that communities will not bear the costs for the harm caused by others. Whether it’s through legislation related to environmental damage from past climate…
Where Is Energy Getting the Most Expensive?
Electricity Price Increases Hit Some Regions Harder Than Others—But Methane Gas Has Gone up Nearly Everywhere By Elena Krieger, PhD. – Across the U.S., households are struggling to afford rising electricity and methane gas bills, but some regions are facing much more dramatic price increases than others. Countrywide, average residential electricity prices rose 27% from…
Know Your Rights: Immigrants Navigating Emergency Services
President Trump is leveraging the full power of the federal government to implement a massive deportation program. This dragnet is eroding due process, expanding surveillance of communities, threatening political speech, and is being used as a false justification to deploy military assets into American cities over the objections of local governments. It is sweeping up…
New Analysis: Republican Spending Bill Guts Historic Climate Investments and Protections, Compounding Harm to Environmental Justice and Frontline Communities
A new analysis by Just Solutions reveals how the recently passed federal reconciliation bill changes policy, how much funding it rescinds for climate and environmental justice programs, and the drastic impacts on environmental protection and climate investments for environmental justice and frontline communities across the US. On our nation’s Independence Day, President Donald Trump celebrated…
Affording Our Energy Future: States Lead the Way
Just Solutions Launches New National Effort to Support Our State Partners August 5, 2025 – For tens of millions of households, the energy bill isn’t just another expense: it determines if the lights stay on or the fridge keeps medicine cold. And in communities across the country, the squeeze is getting tighter. Utility rates have…
New Report: FEMA Rollback Threatens to Overwhelm States
Read our report on the extreme variability in how a state may face limited climate impacts one year and billions of dollars in damage the next—and how the scale of this impact compares to individual state expenditures and their ability to respond. Climate disasters are growing in strength and frequency across the United States, from…
Advancing Solutions: A statement on recent protests in LA for immigrant rights
Just Solutions, as our name implies, is grounded in a fundamental belief that the best solutions come from communities because we know what is best for ourselves. In a democracy, our responsibility is to debate and discuss differences of opinion, with constitutional rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. These are the cornerstones of…
Instead of “abundance,” how about a conversation about “shared prosperity”
Those of us who care about building a healthy, thriving, and prosperous future are reeling. The Trump administration’s attacks on our people and our planet plus the outright evisceration of government by Elon Musk and his corporate army are forcing us to reflect on how we got here and to ponder how we move forward.…
Resource: Defending Grant Agreements from Anti-DEI Attacks
By Sylvia Chi, Legal and Advocacy Director – Among the flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) issued by President Donald Trump in the first days of his second term, the two EOs that claim to target “illegal and immoral” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) activities appear to have significantly influenced the Administration’s approach to administering federal…
