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Debunking False Solutions
By Sasha Lilley Earlier this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman visited agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland’s Decatur, Illinois, headquarters to tout its part in President Bush’s...
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By Carl Anthony Few people realize the price inner cities have paid for our national love affair with the automobile. But the evidence of devastation is not hard to find. White flight to the...
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By Andrew McAllister Meeting monthly payments for household energy use is increasingly difficult for families with incomes at or near the poverty level. While the system of extraction, generation, and...
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Ensuring a Clean Energy Economy for All
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Leslie Moody The fight to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) through the House of Representatives this summer saw unprecedented leadership from...
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AB32: Energy Retrofits
AB32: Energy Retrofits for Low-Income HouseholdsBy Tara Marchant California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) aims to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent, bringing them back down to 1990 levels...
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Energy Policy and Inner City Abandonment
Reprinted from RP&E Volume 2, No. 1: Energy By Carl AnthonyFew people realize the price inner cities have paid for our national love affair with the automobile. But the evidence of devastation is...
View ArticleAnnie Loya: My Story
By Annie Loya My family is from a small rural town, Pearl Lagoon, in Nicaragua. At the time of our departure from Nicaragua, the country was in deep conflict—fighting the Reagan-backed Contra and...
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California to Direct Clean Energy Funds to Low-Income Communities
By Vien Truong In September 30, California took a big step toward giving all residents access to clean energy and green jobs when Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 535 and AB 1532 into law. The new...
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Clean Power — Our Power
A Perspective from NY/NJ Environmental Justice GroupsBy Ana Orozco and Molly GreenbergIn January 2016, members of community-based and environmental justice groups across the US held simultaneous...
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Oxnard Battles Dirty Power Plant
By Lucas ZuckerIt would be fitting for Oxnard to be the last stand of fossil fuel power plants in California. Like so many other low-income communities of color who live in the shadow of power plants,...
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