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Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice

5 Significant Moments Driving Environmental Justice in the US

  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • environmental justice
President Biden, surrounded by people, holds an executive order on environmental justice.
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • environmental justice

US Communities Dependent on Fossil Fuels and Coal Face a “Cumulative Burden” of Pollution, Poor Health and Job Loss

  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
A neighborhood sits in front of an oil refinery.
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics

Many Underserved Communities Face EV ‘Charging Deserts.’ These 5 Strategies Can Help.

  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
A young man plugs in an electric vehicle in a city neighborhood with apartment buildings in the background.
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics

US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-in. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help

  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two workers in hardhats install solar panels on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Technical Perspectives

CEQ’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool Needs to Consider How Burdens Add Up

  • environmental justice
  • Climate Equity
  • U.S. policy
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
The Cleveland, Ohio skyline is seen between two trees and picnic tables.
  • environmental justice
  • Climate Equity
  • U.S. policy
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

Prioritizing Equity in Providing Technical Assistance to Underserved School Districts under WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • pollution
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
Yellow school buses visible behind chain fence
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • pollution
  • electric mobility
  • Electric Mobility
Technical Perspectives

How Prepared Are US Cities to Implement the Justice40 Initiative?

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
An electric bus against the backdrop of greenspace within a city
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

Up to $5 Billion Is Available for US Electric School Buses. Here Are 3 Things Bus Operators Should Know.

  • transportation
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • electric mobility
Technical Perspectives

6 Takeaways from the CEQ Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

  • Climate Equity
  • climate policy
  • Finance
  • U.S. Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • climate policy
  • Finance
  • U.S. Climate

How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US

  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
Kids riding in the back of a school bus.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses

The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be

  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two stacked rows of electrical fuse boxes with different numbers on them.
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance

Voting Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy and Climate Justice

  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • environmental justice
A group of people sitting at desks separated by white dividers with the United States flag on them.
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate change
  • environmental justice

Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

  • Climate
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • climate policy
Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
  • Climate
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • climate policy

6 Innovative Ways to Fund Climate Action and Equity in US Cities

  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate finance
Solar panels on homes in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • climate finance
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset