Angel Bautista
The National Risk Index: Funding Disaster Resilience and Mitigation in Frontline Communities
In the past few weeks alone, the United States has witnessed various climate hazards and disasters affecting vulnerable communities and straining public infrastructure and housing. Extreme heat waves are endangering lives in the South and putting immense pressure on power grids. Wildfires and tornadoes threaten rural Midwest communities, while parts of New England experienced historic…
Our recommendations for Treasury’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit program
With last year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress took its most significant action yet to address climate through legislation. As we have previously discussed, the majority of climate and energy spending in the IRA comes in the form of tax credits. In turn, the vast majority of those tax credits are designed…
Economic Drivers of Climate Vulnerability and Resilience
Using a case study approach in six frontline communities, Just Solutions has developed a Prioritizing Frontline Communities Framework that assesses the “pre-existing” economic, health, and infrastructure conditions that affect the capacity of these communities to cope with, prepare for, and respond to climate change and to participate equitably in the transition to a clean energy…
THE PERFECT STORM OF EXTRACTION, POVERTY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE, ADAPTATION, AND A JUST TRANSITION IN FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES Just Solutions is announcing the publication of “The Perfect Storm of Extraction, Poverty, and Climate Change: A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability, Resilience, Adaptation, and a Just Transition in Frontline Communities,” a report by Jennifer Moon, of Moonlight Solutions, and Zully Juarez,…
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Best Practices for Equity and Governance
The $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) is the single largest climate program in the Inflation Reduction Act, second only to the suite of energy tax credits that make up the majority of the IRA’s spending. Because of its vast size, as well as the flexibility provided by the authorizing language in the law,…
New Executive Order, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All”
On April 21, 2023, President Biden released a new Executive Order, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All”. Along with this release, he delivered remarks at a ceremony Friday afternoon on Building Healthy Communities and Advancing Environmental Justice which featured Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.…
Introducing: The Just Solutions Podcast
We’re excited to announce the launch of The Just Solutions Podcast! The Just Solutions Podcast explores relevant climate and environmental justice stories from the perspective of Frontline Environmental Justice communities. We interview experts working in EJ to break down program models, policy, & research and explore their impact on Frontline communities. Here are previews of…
Celebrating Two Years of Equity-Centered Informed Analysis and Research
March 2023 marks Just Solution Collective’s 2nd Anniversary! In celebration, we look back at our research and analysis work as we continue driving community-created equity-centered solutions to the climate crisis. Over the past two years, Just Solutions Collective’s (JSC) Researchers have provided informed analysis and research on the topics of community reinvestment strategies, energy, disaster…
Home Energy Rebates and the IRA: Recommendations for Equity and Environmental Justice
After the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted in August 2022, our analysis found that many supporters’ claims about how it would advance environmental and climate justice were overstated. Because Congress was only able to pass the IRA through the use of a special procedure called “reconciliation,” many provisions intended to address environmental justice were underspecified in…
Building Collective Power as Environmental Justice Messengers
What is Environmental Justice? Why is it important to center the voices and experiences of Frontline communities when advocating for climate solutions? What role do communications professionals play in telling the environmental justice story? Our movement needs effective communicators who can convey environmental justice priorities in impactful ways that move people to shift their understanding of…
