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Energy In(Equity

Energy (in)Equity is a professional training that examines how the energy industry perpetuates systemic and racial injustice and what each participant can do to address injustices through individual and collective policy work.
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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.

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.