Centering BIPOC Frontline Communities
Perfect Storm of Extraction Webinar Series: Economic Drivers of Climate Vulnerability & Resilience
Hear from the authors of Just Solution’s recent report, “The Perfect Storm of Extraction, Poverty, and Climate Change: A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability, Resilience, Adaptation, and a Just Transition in Frontline Communities,” followed by a panel discussion featuring experts in the field working on solutions to these issues. Through a case study approach, Just Solutions…
Federal Debt Ceiling, Environmental Justice Communities and NEPA
After weeks of negotiations and the looming threat of defaulting on our country’s debts, President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) in May. The FRA ended the federal student loan repayment suspension and expands work requirements for food stamp recipients, which will impact low-income and working-class people the most. What might be less known,…
The Effects of Health and Housing Quality on 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…
BIPOC Mental Health Month: Environmental Racism’s Impact on Frontline Communities
BIPOC Mental Health Month While May recognizes National Mental Health Awareness Month, July is known as BIPOC Mental Health Month, observing mental health in America from the unique experiences of Black, Indigenous, and people of color. BIPOC Mental Health Month, also known as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, was created to…
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…
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,…
The Perfect Storm of Extraction, Poverty, and Climate Change: A Framework for Assessing Vulnerability, Resilience, Adaptation, and a Just Transition in Frontline Communities
Frontline communities bear the disproportionate burden of environmental and climate impacts. We know the communities that are at the greatest risk. We can identify factors that put them at risk. We are less successful in communicating causal relationships, proposing systemic, upstream policy solutions that act upon these causal relationships, and identifying ways to measure whether…
Addressing road user charges and pricing mechanisms in pursuit of an equitable, clean energy future
“The Road to Equity: Concerns and Analysis of RUC Pricing Mechanisms” Policy Brief: Completed for community-based advocates, in partnership with state environmental justice organizations. You can view and download the full brief here. In “The Road to Equity: Concerns and Analysis of RUC Pricing Mechanisms,” a new publication from Just Solutions Collective, we address road user charges…
The Road to Equity: Concerns and Analysis of RUC Pricing Mechanisms
As states, regions, and cities aim to transition to a clean energy future, many search for new transportation strategies and funding mechanisms. Equity and tax progressivity considerations need to be a part of any road pricing conversation, to transform the way regions raise revenue for transportation and ensure equitable and progressive transportation funding during the…
