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Accounting For Rural Energy Cost Burdens in Energy Affordability Policies
Authors: Jennifer Moon, PhD. and Arjun Makhijani, PhD. In conversations about energy affordability, the unique affordability challenges that rural communities face can be overlooked. Rural communities have lower median household income levels that make it harder to pay bills; are geographically isolated—creating challenges in energy delivery and access to assistance programs; and have higher rates…
Affording Our Energy Future: Perspectives to Power Change
Energy affordability has rocketed to the top of the American political agenda. At the gas station, filling up can easily cost over $50 per tank, and millions of people are barely scraping by after their monthly utility bills and rent/mortgage payments. But with all the attention, we have a unique opportunity to inform and influence…
One-Page Resource on Disparate Impact Changes
Disparate impact is a legal standard in federal civil rights law that allows policies that cause unequal harm to people to be challenged, even without proof of discriminatory intent. It was a key tool for challenging policies that disproportionately expose communities of color to pollution and climate risk, even without explicit discrimination. Because of changes…
