Advancing Climate Justice
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…
Webinar: Let’s Talk Mapping – The Role of Mapping in the Movement
Just Solutions Collective and Front and Centered to talk mapping. This webinar provided an overview of the process to create Washington state’s Environmental Health Disparities map, discussed the role it played in developing the HEAL Act, and how it is being used in the fight for transportation justice.
Justice40 – Strategies and Successes
In this webinar, we learned the strategies and successes of receiving Justice40 funding. This event featured presentations from EJ organizations who have been successful in receiving and using funding to implement impactful projects for their communities. Featuring Alexis Washburn, Regional Director of Emerald Cities Collaborative. She provided information on the practical steps they’ve taken to…
Keeping the Lid On at 1.5°C: Part 3
Focusing on methane and natural processes to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations In my first blog post of this series, I had noted that we need to do more than eliminate greenhouse gas emissions to keep the temperature lid at 1.5°C. This is because decarbonizing energy will unmask the cooling effect of some pollutants now emitted by burning…
Energy Tax Credits and the IRA: Recommendations for Equitable Outcomes
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August, marked the biggest climate action ever passed by Congress, with tax incentives accounting for the majority of the bill’s spending commitments. Totaling an estimated $270 billion in tax expenditures over the next decade, the energy tax credits are expected to drive the transition away from fossil fuels via…
Let’s Talk Mapping – Federal Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Presented by Just Solutions Collective & Front and Centered, this webinar provided an overview on the Federal Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool beta. This tool will be used to help federal agencies identify “disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution” to decide where federal funding for climate projects is spent. We…
ANALYSIS OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), lauded as the biggest climate change legislation in the history of the United States, passed the U.S. Senate on August 7, 2022 and was signed into law by President Biden on August 16. Just Solutions completed a detailed analysis of the environmental justice provisions in the IRA including beneficial investments,…
IRA: Our Analysis of the Inflation Reduction Act
Historic climate investments, big giveaways to industry, environmental justice priorities short-changed. Primary Author: Sylvia Chi, Senior Strategist The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed the U.S. Senate on August 7, 2022 and was signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden on August 16. The law has been lauded as the biggest climate change legislation in the…
West Virginia v. EPA: What the Supreme Court Ruling Means for Environmental Justice
On June 30, the last day of its 2022 term, the United States Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the high-profile federal climate change case. West Virginia was the finale of an extraordinary term marked by momentous decisions overturning longstanding precedents and state laws on tribal sovereignty, abortion, and the…
The People’s Justice40+ Community Benefit Playbook: A guide to capturing federal infrastructure investments 2022
This playbook offers frontline groups and community organizations guidance for developing a People’s Justice40+ Community Benefit Plan (CBP). The goal is to ensure that federal infrastructure and climate investments significantly benefit the communities that need them most. A successful CBP will harness the infrastructure investments of major federal initiatives – such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act –…
