Judy Chang, former Massachusetts undersecretary of Energy and Climate Solutions, discusses the need to educate consumers on the imperative to cut building emissions.
Can Americans Afford to Fully Electrify Their Homes?
A leading energy economist explores the cost of electrifying home heating, the top source of energy demand and carbon emissions in American homes.
Can the FERC Be Made Accountable to Communities and the Environment?
Congress has directed the nation’s regulator for natural gas and electricity infrastructure to be more responsive to community and environmental concerns. Will FERC’s new Office of Public Participation deliver on the promise of public inclusion?
Coal Communities Seek Their Post-Coal Future
Heidi Binko, Executive Director of the Just Transition Fund, discusses the challenges coal communities face in adapting to a post-coal future, and strategies for economic transition.
Powering Women’s Economic Development Through Equal Access to Energy
Sheila Oparaocha of the International Network on Gender and Sustainability discusses the global effort to ensure gender equality in energy access, as an essential foundation for economic development and public health.
Combating Energy Poverty in the U.S.
One-third of American households struggle to pay for their basic energy needs. University of Michigan’s Tony Reames explores the role of policy in overcoming energy poverty.
Grid Forward Debate: Has Electricity Deregulation Let to Better Community Outcomes?
Electricity market deregulation promised to bring more affordable and reliable electricity to consumers. A quarter of a century after deregulation began, has its promise delivered for all Americans?
Zoning Rules Stifle Urban Clean Energy. Can The Rules Be Rewritten?
Outmoded and often discriminatory zoning laws block clean energy development in low-income urban neighborhoods. An effort is underway to update rules, and enable clean energy equity.
How a Green New Deal Could Redraw America’s Map
Climate change, and the policies to address it, will change where we live and work and how we produce energy and food. Two environmental designers discuss an atlas of our country’s future.
Will The Clean Energy Transition Bring Energy Equality?
Nobel Laureate Daniel Kammen, head of U.C. Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, discusses efforts to build clean energy solutions that meet the social and developmental needs of the communities they serve.