Environment & Energy

A central public or nonprofit clearinghouse helping residents and institutions connect to information, resources, and subsidies around energy efficiency and renewable energy generation. read more

Rather than financializing the right to pollute (as in “cap and trade”), cap and dividend treats the atmosphere as a commons, and makes polluters pay a fee that is shared as guaranteed basic income or as a means-targeted subsidy to offset potentially higher energy costs. read more

Es posible exigir que cualquiera de los empleos generados a través de programas estatales o locales para promover las energías renovables sean trabajos buenos con salarios dignos y, además, empleos locales o creados por compañías operadas por minorías. read more

It’s possible to mandate that any jobs created through state or local programs to promote renewables be good jobs, with living wages, and that these jobs be local or created by minority-owned companies. read more

Simplifica los beneficios que se obtienen de los proyectos solares comunitarios ayudando directamente a los participantes a ahorrar dinero en su factura de electricidad en función del precio de venta al público de la energía renovable que ayudaron a producir, aunque esa energía se haya generado en un lugar diferente al techo de su casa. read more

Capturar la riqueza creada durante la transición verde al asegurar que los empleos verdes creados en dicho proceso sean dominio de sus trabajadores. read more

Simplifies the benefits realized from community solar projects by directly helping participants save money on their electric bill based on the retail price of the renewable energy they helped produce, even if that power was generated somewhere else than on their own home’s roof. read more

Retira un sistema energético local del control corporativo privado y lo pone al servicio del control público como empresa municipal. read more

The Center for Social Inclusion’s model for a place-based, participatory entity to channel investment into green energy projects that directly benefit marginalized low-income communities and communities of color. read more