Climate Vulnerability Index
The Climate Vulnerability Index combines 184 sets of publicly available data to rank more than 70,000 U.S. census tracts and show where threats exist to the stability of communities – and why.
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Access relevant resources from Community Voices in Energy that will help you understand your rights, fight for justice, and have a voice in the energy transition.
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The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
A community organizing tool from the Movement Strategy Center that can be used for assessing programs, projects, or campaigns.
The Gas Industry is Paying Instagram Influencers to Gush over Gas Stoves
The gas cooking Insta–trend is no accident. It’s the result of a carefully orchestrated campaign.
The Erosion of Public Control Over Public Utilities
Since the 1970s, Congress and federal agencies have replaced regulator-established rates with market-derived pricing in many sectors of the U.S. economy.
Utility Accountability 101 from NRDC
Too often, utilities are incentivized to build too much of things we don’t need and not enough of things we do need.
Overview of the Utility System
To understand both the equity issues at stake as well as if utility reform is required, it is important to understand how energy has been delivered to homes and businesses for the past century.
How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
This is the first report to compile examples of utilities’ use of their charities to influence politics, and much of the information contained here has not yet been reported publicly.
Engaging With Public Utilities and Public Service Commissions
A manual from the NAACP, explains why it is important for ratepayers to engage with utilities commissions and how to take action.
Pembroke Township Legislation Appeal
Explores how community and environmental groups asked an Illinois appeals court to overturn a flawed decision to allow a natural gas pipeline to be built in Pembroke Township – an historic Black farming community.
More organizations working in this space
Energy Equity Project
The Energy Equity Project is a collaborative initiative housed at University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability and is part of the Urban Energy Justice Lab.
The Chisholm Legacy Project
The Chisholm Legacy Project connects Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with resources to take action and move from vision to strategy to action plan to implementation.
Emerald Cities Collaborative
A national nonprofit network working to develop energy, green infrastructure and other projects that create sustainable, just, and inclusive economies with opportunities for all.
Blacks in Green
An environmental economic development nonprofit based in Chicago that advances self-sustaining Black communities by offering whole-system solutions.
The Applied Economics Clinic
A non-profit consulting group that offers expert services in the areas of energy, environment, consumer protection, and equity and provides on-the-job training to the next generation of technical experts.
Black Oaks Center
A 40-acre eco-campus in the historic Black farming community of Pembroke Township, Illinois that empowers people with knowledge and skills to build self-reliant, resilient communities.
Climable
A woman-led nonprofit with a mission to make climate science and clean energy understandable and actionable for everyone.
Climate Advocacy Lab
A community of over 3,700 climate advocates, organizers, researchers, and data specialists helping climate advocates run smarter public engagement campaigns.
Climate and Development Lab
A think tank at Brown University informing a more just, equitable, and effective global climate change policy.
The Energy Democracy Project
A collaboration of more than 30 diverse, local, frontline organizations working to advance the energy democracy movement in the U.S.
Energy Efficiency for All
Energy Efficiency for All unites people from diverse sectors and backgrounds, to collectively make multifamily homes healthy and affordable through energy and water efficiency.
The Environmental Law & Policy Center
The Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy organization; we drive transformational policy changes with national impacts.
Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition
The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is made up of hundreds of organizations working to improve public health and the environment, protect consumers, and create equitable, clean jobs across the state.
Initiative for Energy Justice
Initiative for Energy Justice aims to offer concrete energy policy solutions focused on equity, in order to advance a Just Transition and build power for marginalized communities, particularly frontline communities and communities of color.
Just Solar Coalition
The Just Solar Coalition supports a transition to a green economy that includes everyone, helps to close the employment gap, and creates a new story about the community’s role in the energy system.
NAACP
A nonprofit that is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice; it advocates, agitates, and litigates for the civil rights due to Black America.
Partnership for Southern Equity
A nonprofit that advances policies and institutional actions that promote racial equity and shared prosperity in metropolitan Atlanta and the American South.
Soulardarity
Soulardarity is building a brighter future in Highland Park, Illinois through education, organizing, and people-powered clean energy.
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
We Act for Environmental Justice
A nonprofit that empowers and organizes low-income, people of color to build healthy communities for all.
