Resource Library

A dangerous House reconciliation bill puts critical clean energy gains at risk. It proposes deep cuts to renewable energy tax credits, expands fossil fuel infrastructure, and slashes support timelines for federal clean energy projects. These changes threaten to undermine community-owned initiatives, derail national efforts to combat the climate crisis and delay or cancel an estimated $14 billion worth of clean energy developments. But this moment is also a call to action—and communities are answering it.

The United States is one of the largest energy consumers per capita, requiring households to have adequate energy expenditures to keep up with modern demand regardless of financial cost. This paper investigates energy burden, defined as the ratio of household energy expenditures to household income.

This EDF resource arms advocates with clear, evidence-backed responses to common disinformation about offshore wind, including myths about whale deaths, bird impacts, and energy costs. It highlights how fossil fuel interests drive much of the opposition and stresses the importance of community engagement and localized messaging. Ideal for anyone needing quick, credible rebuttals to offshore wind misinformation.

Successful public power campaigns need to build strong coalitions, find
a winning message, and use legal and political savvy to overcome utility
opposition.

In this series of periodic episodes in which hosts reluctantly discuss current events, Volts talks with Adrian Deveny, a former Senate aide who was in the trenches for the IRA’s creation, about the House GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

This Data for Progress poll shows that a strong, bipartisan majority of voters—across party lines—oppose repealing the Inflation Reduction Act. Most Americans support its clean energy and health care investments, with particularly high approval for policies like domestic clean energy manufacturing, tax credits for renewables and EVs, and pollution reduction in vulnerable communities. It’s a useful snapshot of broad public backing for climate and economic provisions in the IRA.

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