IPS will host a critical virtual press conference highlighting key findings from a new report and featuring the insight and perspectives of key New Mexican environmental justice and Indigenous leaders.
The report features insights from New Mexican researchers and community leaders on how community-led energy solutions would benefit the state.
Any energy transition that doesn’t guarantee a pathway to public ownership perpetuates inequality and wealth extraction from New Mexicans .
“For far too long, we have been told to not dream big and to conform to the status quo. This report offers an example of a prosperous and just future for all New Mexicans if we dream big and change the system to work for us and not big energy corporations,” said lead author Josue De Luna Navarro.
There’s one place in the world where the Green New Deal is a policy reality. But is it living up to its hype?
We all think that climate change is somebody else’s problem. We have to be persuaded otherwise.
Nebraska still gets 51% of its electricity from coal. But there’s good news: Nebraska has exceptional potential for wind energy.
How an Energy Transition Could Power Nebraska
Groundbreaking New Institute for Policy Studies Report Analyzes How a Just Transition to Wind Energy Could Power Nebraska
If economic growth ushered in this era of climate change, how can economic growth also be part of the solution?
Solar energy, in particular, shows potential to create inclusive, well-paying union jobs that working Americans need.
Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future?
A future where the people that consume energy are the primary owners and decision-makers of that energy infrastructure is possible.
The PRO Act would establish a baseline for ensuring that working people can fight for and win transformative climate policies that benefit everyone.
The state’s fossil-fuel heavy electric power grid simply couldn’t handle the peak load.