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A guide for local solar energy siting projects. Includes recommendations for developing your playbook, including advice for Before you pitch, Stories to pitch, Ads, and Neutralizing the opposition. Plus case studies and other resources.

Electricity bills have joined groceries, housing, and health care as a top tier issue in the affordability crisis. Voters broadly support clean energy and view it as one of the few solutions to help lower energy costs.

When mis- and disinformation spreads like wildfire, it can be hard to know what to do. But the good news is, there are practical steps you can take to combat climate and clean energy mis and disinformation right now. Read on to learn more about the tools we shared from our recent mis- and disinformation training.

This training is for trainers looking to level up their ability to train others in political education!

People in frontline and non-frontline communities in the U.S. are equally worried about global warming (both groups 65%). However, people in frontline communities are slightly more worried about impacts such as extreme heat and power outages.People in frontline communities are less likely to hear about global warming from friends and family or to know about the scientific consensus that global warming is happening. Geographic analysis shows that frontline communities that are most worried about global warming tend to be in the Southwest and Texas, while those that are least worried tend to be in the Appalachians and Ozarks. A new interactive StoryMap explores these differences in more detail.

A survey of Americans in order to understand voters’ feelings toward the rise of data centers in the US and in their communities, fueled by the AI boom.
Voters are broadly aware of AI data centers at the national level, but they tend to be less aware of data centers being built in their own communities. While voters expect data centers to be built regardless of community opposition, they are grappling with concerns over how these facilities are built and what impact they will have on costs, pollution, and quality of life. This research suggests that how these data centers are powered plays a key role in how they are perceived, with the usage of renewable energy dramatically increasing support.

Core organizing tactics help no matter what movement you’re in and it’s important we recognize our power and our network, and work in solidarity across movements. In particular, I encourage you to lean into relational organizing; read on for a refresher on this tactic and how to utilize it in local organizing.

So in this week’s newsletter, we’re talking about how to create an image policy that allows your org to be creative and visually compelling, while minimizing your legal risk. We’ll also share a template of the Lab’s Image Policy and how we created it.