Issue: Solar

Join us for our Clean Energy Deep Dive, a quarterly peer learning space where we spotlight the latest campaigns, and exchange insights and resources on what Lab members are working on to advance an equitable clean energy transition.

As energy issues dominate the media and public discourse, Power Your Community shows a path forward for building research-backed stories and narratives that can positively shift support for clean energy. Check out this case study for lessons learned on how the Power Your Community campaign built public support for clean energy siting projects in rural Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

At our Deep Dive, we’ll walk through the clean energy ads with the highest engagement and cost-per-click from 2026. We’ll also hear from Grow Progress on which clean energy ads showed the highest potential to shift people’s thinking, not just grab attention.

As a climate advocate in 2026, it can be hard to see climate change as a top issue when there are so many crises competing for our attention. However, as the news cycle pushes out headlines highlighting just how much profit the fossil fuel industry is making from the conflict and instability in the Middle East, I’ve been thinking: if we transform our energy systems to be locally-controlled and sustainable, what could the ripple effects be for global peace and justice?

Our quarterly Clean Energy Deep Dive will explore organizing strategies and winning impactful clean energy solutions, with guests from Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Illinois Environmental Council.