Explore how communities can take care of each other’s needs equitably during a changing climate future.

This case study recounts and analyzes the 2023 ballot initiative campaign for Maine to take ownership of the two investor-owned utilities in the state and create a new publicly-owned utility called Pine Tree Power. Along the way, the Our Power campaign integrated research throughout their campaign to evaluate their power-building strategy. While the referendum lost at the ballot, Our Power draw out a number of insights from their campaign for energy democracy, including:

An article exploring the fact that a fifth of U.S. counties now restrict renewables development, according to exclusive data gathered by Heatmap Pro.

This Article describes and analyzes the growing local opposition to rural solar energy and ultimately argues for a wave of new state legislation designed to strengthen rural landowners’ rights to develop utility-scale solar projects on their land.

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.

Wind and solar energy do not use eminent domain and are part of the American energy solution. But many remain hesitant due to disinformation—false claims shared to confuse or scare people. These five facts debunk the myths and show why clean energy is a smart investment for everyone.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including a new analysis of Americans’ climate concerns by Gallup, a newly published academic paper about pro-climate messaging, and new polls of Arizona voters and American farmers.

The overwhelming majority of U.S. farmers want to increase funding for USDA’s voluntary conservation programs. 75% of U.S. agricultural producers support increasing long-term funding for USDA’s voluntary conservation programs. Only 5% of farmers disagreed. Approximately 90% of producers surveyed either supported or were neutral on Congress moving the remaining, unspent climate-smart agriculture funds permanently into Farm Bill conservation programs to provide additional long-term funding to help farmers and ranchers adopt climate-smart agriculture conservation practices now and in the future. 64% of producers surveyed either agreed or strongly agreed. 74% of producers surveyed said that they think USDA conservation program payments are important in helping producers improve their bottom line, reduce input costs, and modernize their operations.

Guidance on countering misinformation about wind and solar farms

This policy brief analyzes CBA and other community benefits framework requirements of six states: Michigan, California, Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, and New York in the context of the renewable energy transition.