Climate Justice
In order to avert a climate catastrophe, we must transition away from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy. On both a domestic and a global level, climate change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate change.
Latest Work
Hurricane Donald Hits the Republican Party
If Trump succeeds in ramping up military spending and gutting everything else, we’ll be left with a bunch of nukes and an underfunded state — and no one but China to keep us afloat.
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It’s Lonely Being a Person of Color in the Sustainable Energy Sector
When it comes to diversity, there’s a “green ceiling” in many climate action groups, even as climate change affects people of color first and worst.
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Texas Is Flooded Because Our Democracy Is, Too
Our culture of legalized bribery makes climate disasters more likely, but there’s an alternative.
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Climate Change is a Bigger Threat Than Any Military — Our Budget Should Reflect That
Facing financial ruin and the ruins of South Texas, some hawks want to throw more money at the military. That’s ludicrous.
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How Energy Department Whistleblowers Outsmarted the Trump Administration
Rick Perry was all ready to release a broadside against clean energy policies. Career civil servants pulled the rug out.
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The View From the U.S.’s ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’
Ratcheting tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are now nothing new for its Pacific colony Guam.
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Dirty Energy’s Quiet War on Solar Energy
Investing in the renewable energy economy is a win-win-win for consumers, but fossil fuel interests will do anything to prove otherwise.
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How Air Conditioning Unites — And Divides
Most Americans now have A/C at home. At work, it’s a different story.
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On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
While Europe races toward electric vehicles, U.S. automakers are actually trying to make cars less efficient.
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Donald Trump and the Triumph of Anti-Politics
In this fairy tale from 2050, the invisible monster of climate change continues to ravage the land.
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