Reclaim Our Power decries PG&E's "license to burn"
PG&E fire survivors are now on the hook to bail out the utility if it starts another devastating fire. Reclaim Our Power - a campaign mobilizing utility ratepayers including social justice advocates - calls out Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to grant PG&E a safety certificate, or as advocates call it a “license to burn.” In the wake of being called a “continuing menace” by a federal judge, the utility can now tap into a multi-billion-dollar fund, paid into by ratepayers, to repay itself if PG&E starts another fire.
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California's landmark environmental justice law falling short of goals
California’s landmark environmental justice law, AB617, is supposed to clean the air in frontline communities – a first step in cleaning up the toxic legacy of redlining. After four years and $1 billion spent, local environmental justice leaders warn communities are being ignored and emissions reductions are not happening. CalMatters spotlights Stockton’s Little Manila Rising and why we cannot afford to get this wrong.
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Pack4U announces major acquisition
Our client Pack4U has acquired the leading pharmacy technology company Catalyst Healthcare. Together, they’re making in-home healthcare more personalized and effective – an approach that will help address the $528 billion problem of non-optimized medication therapy.
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U.S. states & the EU partner on climate risk & resilience
Our client Climate Finance Advisors helps manage a critically important partnership between the EU and the U.S. Climate Alliance on climate risk and resilience. We produced a multi-media presentation with the details.
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COP26, from the climate justice perspective
In Native News Online, Climate Justice Alliance co-director Ozawa Bineshi Albert calls for real community solutions in the wake of COP26, rather than net zero schemes, to solve the climate crisis. She calls on government and industry to look to frontline communities for leadership and guidance. These individuals and groups - with the fewest resources to fight climate change - are making a real difference locally.
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Energy efficiency is best bet for jobs & savings
The co-owner of Ideal Air Conditioning and Insulation in Phoenix tells the Phoenix Business Journal that policymakers should embrace energy efficiency policies to create jobs and save families and businesses money on their utility bills. In the U.S., energy efficiency already employs more people than oil, coal or gas.
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California can do more to protect people from extreme heat
Extreme heat kills more Californians than any other side effect of climate change, and as the world warms, the threat rises. A new report from the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation details the problem and proposes solutions.
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In North Miami, low-income investors shape neighborhood’s future
A $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase will support the North Miami Community Investment Cooperative, a commercial property to be cooperatively owned and operated by small-dollar investors in the neighborhood. Catalyst Miami designed the initiative to fuel wealth-building, boost local businesses, and promote self-determination for residents of North Miami’s low-income communities, so they can decide how their own neighborhoods grow and prosper.
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Energy efficiency delivers jobs & economic growth
Energy Efficiency Jobs in America is a new report by E4TheFuture and E2 that suggests how prioritizing energy efficiency in the infrastructure and reconciliation bills would pay off big in new jobs, a fast-growing clean economy, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. On a press call, Rep. Peter Welch of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce called the report “incredibly important.”
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Puerto Ricans want a clean energy future
In Canary Media, Solar United Neighbors - a national nonprofit organization that helps people go solar, join together, and fight for their energy rights - calls on the Biden Administration to direct FEMA dollars for Puerto Rico away from funding dirty, expensive fossil fuel infrastructure. Instead, SUN sees a better, safer, cleaner and lower cost energy future in solar.
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HBCU Green Fund paves the way to a sustainable future
The HBCU Green Fund is working with historically Black colleges and universities to create a sustainable future. In a story for Prism, Howard alumna and founder Felicia Davis shares some exciting projects the HBCU Green Fund has in store.
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Hurricane Harvey’s 4-Year Anniversary
Doris Brown – a Houston resident who works deep in the trenches of disaster recovery – talks to NowThis about the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey.
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New book celebrates 25 years of The Point CDC
In a Bronx Times feature, The Point CDC's Danny Peralta describes the powerful advocacy and resilience that defines the community:
“Hunts Point is an incredible place, where neighbors preserve culture and solve problems and support and advocate for one another. Our book is filled with stories that will inspire the imagination necessary to fight for environmental justice. This book will continue to shape the perception of Hunts Point with stories of stewardship and not just marginalization and poverty.”
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Pack4U Acquires CHC Health
Announcing a major step forward for higher-quality healthcare: The digital healthcare company Pack4U has acquired US-based CHC Health, which add 400+ pharmacists for virtual care.
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California groups call for justice-focused energy system
In a Mercury News opinion article, Reclaim Our Power - a campaign mobilizing utility ratepayers including social justice advocates - calls on Governor Gavin Newsom to take over PG&E in the wake of another devastating wildfire. The utility's expensive diversion tactic - to underground a relatively small portion of power lines - likely won’t save lives, but will cost vulnerable Californians dearly.
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Historic Landmark Plaque for Emmett Till’s Home
On a sunny day on the South Side of Chicago, Blacks in Green hosted city officials and members of the community to unveil the historic landmark plaque for Emmett Till’s childhood home. Blavity published an op-ed, and local reporters came out in droves to cover the event, which took place on what would have been Till’s 80th birthday.
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The Solutions Project partners with Climate Week NYC
As a sign of its growing commitment to environmental and climate justice, Climate Week NYC has named our client The Solutions Project as this year’s Environmental Justice Partner. The Solutions Project will co-host inspiring events showing that when climate justice leads, we all stand to win. Co-hosts: The Uproot Project, the Solutions Journalism Network, Seventh Generation, and NY Renews.
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Where’d the money go?
$5 million was mysteriously removed from a proposed plan to reduce air pollution in Stockton’s communities of color under AB 617. Advocates have asked California Air Resources Board to get to the bottom of where the money went.
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EU & US states protect roads from climate impacts
In a discussion facilitated by our client Climate Finance Advisors, U.S. and EU officials share how they’re protecting roadways from the effects of a changing climate.
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FPL’s proposed 20% rate hike would hurt Florida families
In an op-ed for the Miami Herald, Catalyst Miami urges the Florida Public Service Commission to protect families by rejecting Florida Power & Light’s exorbitant request for a record-breaking $2 billion rate hike.
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