Resource Type: Research & Articles

A Climate Advocacy Lab training focused on the latest climate justice messaging research, our recommendations, and how to apply them to your work, including:

An overview of what polling research reveals about what Americans across communities understand (and don’t) about the connection between climate change and social justice;
What message testing tells us about the most engaging ways to talk about climate justice, such as by leveraging “moral emotions;” and
How to avoid triggering backfire, and the situations in which focusing on climate injustice may—or may not—increase support for addressing it.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including on hazardous air quality from the Canadian wildfires, battleground voters in Michigan and Nevada, and Michigan voters and Ford’s new EV battery plant.

 By blending elements of science fiction, fantasy, technology, and ancestral traditions, Afrofuturism challenges and reshapes narratives of Black identity and liberation. Today, we explore how Afrofuturism intersects with Juneteenth, inspiring us to reimagine our relationship with nature and forge a path towards environmental harmony. 

The majority of registered voters in three battleground states (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan) support the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Majorities across all three states believe the IRA is good for their health, energy bills, and home energy efficiency. Bipartisan majorities support the IRA and Solar for All, but there is a large partisan gap: In each state, Democrats are about 30 percentage points more likely to support the IRA. Political and economic characteristics are important predictors of perceptions of IRA benefits: Democrats, middle/high income voters, and homeowners are more likely to believe the IRA’s appliance rebates benefit individuals “like you.” Voters are most interested in local investments in energy efficiency, public transit, and parks: 2 in 3 voters want to see local projects focused on improving energy efficiency in homes and commercial buildings.