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    public participation
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 20, 2019

    Electric School Bus Initiative

    Children board school bus
    Energy
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    December 14, 2023

    5 Tips for Leveraging the IRA’s Direct Pay Provision to Maximize the Benefits of Clean Energy Investment

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Tax Incentives
    Three people work to install solar panels on the roof of a veterinary clinic.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • renewable energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Tax Incentives
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 11, 2023

    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
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 25, 2023

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 31, 2023

    Redefining America’s ‘Energy Communities’ Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    A train carrying coal in front of houses in Thurmond, West Virginia.
    • U.S. Energy Topics
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    Energy
    Initiatives
    June 27, 2023

    Local and State Clean Energy Programs

    Solar panel installation.
    Energy
    Initiatives
    April 18, 2023

    Equitable Clean Energy for Communities

    Solar panels in Minneapolis, MN.
    Energy
    Initiatives
    January 27, 2023

    Clean Energy for Large Buyers

    Chicago skyline during the day.
    Energy
    Initiatives
    January 27, 2023

    Utility Clean Energy Solutions

    Wind turbines.
    Energy
    Initiatives
    June 1, 2022

    Power System Reform

    Power line against sky with pink clouds.
    Energy
    Initiatives
    April 10, 2020

    Electric Vehicles in the U.S.

    Electric Vehicle plugged in and charging in CT
    Energy
    Initiatives
    March 27, 2020

    City Renewables Accelerator

    Pittsburgh, PA at night.
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    July 25, 2019

    As India Revises State Climate Plans, Who Should Have a Voice?

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • public participation
    Kids carrying water in the Indian countryside. Photo by Mr. Fink/Flickr
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 13, 2018

    What if Citizens Set City Budgets? An Experiment That Captivated the World—Participatory Budgeting—Might Be Abandoned in its Birthplace

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 26, 2018

    4 Environmental Activists Are Murdered Every Week. A New Agreement Could Help in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 13, 2017

    President Trump’s Global Gag Rule Expansion Threatens Environmental Outcomes

    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Women at maternal and child health training
    • U.S. policy
    • environmental democracy
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • public participation

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