Members of Somos un Pueblo Unido know the downside of “good” jobs in the oil industry. Here’s why they’re pressing for clean energy.

In 2022, Appalachian Voices (NC) teamed up with the Equity Fund’s research partner PSE Healthy Energy to deliver a strong case on why Duke’s Carbon Plan doesn’t do enough for North Carolinians – and how it can. A field organizer involved in the campaign to hold the NC Utilities Commission accountable shares their reflections.

Whether fighting for clean air or affordable housing, several of the state’s faith leaders are uniting around the notion of protecting “home.”

In 2021, thanks to years of savvy grassroots organizing, Illinois passed one of the most equitable clean energy jobs bills in history. Hear directly from organizers behind the effort on what they learned, while reliving the excitement on how the bill made it through in the 11th hour.

North Carolina is by many accounts a solar success story. But the communities where this solar is situated rarely see the economic benefits. Read how community-based groups and advocacy organizations are organizing to wrest control from their monopoly utility and shape a more equitable renewable energy transition.

In August 2022, leaders and organizers representing ten frontline organizations in Georgia gathered for the Equity Fund’s first summit in the state. Read three takeaways from the summit and other reflections on how we can gather effectively these days.

Giant, overflowing “lagoons” of pink, toxic sludge dot the coast of North Carolina. They also leak, pollute, and sicken the environment and communities around them. Yet, these unhealthy cesspools and their alarming risks are sticking around – thanks to the rapidly growing, greenwashed industry of biogas.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), lauded as the biggest climate change legislation in the history of the United States, was signed into law on August 16, 2022. An analysis by the Just Solutions Collective explores how much spending by the IRA is allocated to environmental justice.

Despite the known risks associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS), the technology has been gaining support as a “climate solution” in recent years. But when something sounds too good to be true, it often really is. For CCS, it is actually much worse – and here are five reasons why.

With the recent setback of West Virginia v. EPA, it remains clear that building power in states and localities will be critical for accelerating equitable climate action for our clean energy future.