Since 2018, the Climate Advocacy Lab has distributed Climate Justice Microgrants to 25 environmental justice and climate justice organizations around the United States who are doing powerful work to protect and improve their communities.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including a new edition of Yale and GMU’s long-running “Climate Change in the American Mind” study, new polling about Trump’s early actions on energy and the environment, and new polling about clean energy incentives and federal environmental programs.

In this episode, David talks with Matt Traldi, co-founder of Greenlight America, about the fight for clean energy at the local level. They discuss how small groups of opponents are successfully blocking renewable projects across the country, and how Matt’s organization is working to turn the tide by mobilizing local supporters and giving them the tools to advocate effectively at critical government meetings.

We Make the Future’s Climate Cohort is laying the foundation for sustained movement-building, rooted in a multi-state, multiracial coalition of organizers and activists. Together, they are pushing forward on climate justice. Their climate narrative work seeks to expand how people understand the impact of climate disaster on everyday people and push back on those fossil fuel backed leaders who stand in the way. Together, they are creating an America where to protect air and water, share in economic prosperity, and build bridges across differences. Good jobs in clean industries, protecting our families’ and children’s health is something that unites all members. This page of resources includes videos and advocacy guides on topics such as post-disaster climate migration messaging, climate justice messaging, climate justice digital toolkits, and more.

Explore the strategies the Climate & Clean Energy Equity Fund is deploying across states and community-based organizations. These policy resources are designed to help simplify climate and clean energy issues. Issue categories include: Building Decarbonization; Clean Energy Transition; Climate Resilience, Recovery, and Response; Environmental Justice; Federal Implementation Projects and Campaigns; Fossil Fuel Transition, Pipelines, and Mining; Just Transition for Workers; Public Service Commissions & Utility Accountability; Transportation & Transit Access and Affordability.

This podcast episode explores the power of grassroots organizing and coalitions to further environmental justice through climate policy. In this podcast episode, we hear from Xaver Kandler, Campaigns Director at NY Renews. NY Renews is a coalition of over 380 environmental, justice, faith, labor, & community groups, working to further legislation to support climate, jobs, and justice in New York State. This episode discusses NY state policies including the Climate Leadership and Communities Protection Act, the New York Heat Act, the Just Energy Transition Act, the Climate Superfund Act, and more.

Polling 201: utilizing public opinion research in your communications ca

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new polling on recent hurricanes and the government’s disaster response, new polling on renewable energy and grid expansion, and new state polls about energy issues in Pennsylvania, California, and Texas.

The campaign that ushered in ‘the end of coal in New England’ has its sights set on fossil fuel power plants and reclaiming energy democracy. Earlier this year, the No Coal No Gas (NCNG) campaign won its major campaign demand: to close the last big coal plant in New England. NCNG has reissued our three campaign goals — with an update to the third — as follows: 1) build unity and community; 2) show what is possible; and 3) shut down all fossil fuel plants in New England. Activists know that change doesn’t happen through electoral politics, letters to the editor and rallies alone. They also know that when a group of people march across a bridge or occupy the halls of power, there are even more people behind the scenes involved in endless planning, calling, writing, investigating, driving, feeding, painting, sewing, conflict-mediating and thinking together. This is why “building unity and community” has been the campaign’s number-one campaign goal all along.

This guide provides a landscape scan and needs assessment of the work being done at the intersection of climate and housing justice. While tremendous work is underway at the intersection of housing and climate justice, many challenges remain. This brief concludes with recommended investments in 1) technical assistance and research, 2) movement support, and 3) toolkits and popular education materials to unlock the potential of the work and ensure more healthy, stable, and resilient homes for EJ communities. This guide presents interviews with thirteen environmental justice (EJ) leaders, including three from “grasstops” organizations and ten from grassroots advocacy and coalition organizations, including two from the East Coast, one from the Midwest, five from the West Coast, one from the Mountain Region, and two from the South. EJ organizations are working on a wide range of programs and policies at the intersection of housing and climate justice, from working in coalitions to advocate for specific policies and programs to monitoring, outreach, and engagement around implementation. This brief highlights many examples of this work across the following categories: building decarbonization and healthy homes; accelerating energy transition and relieving energy burden; and neighborhood-level decarbonization and resilience.