Energy Equity
Equity is a core value of the National Community Action Partnership. We urge the Community Action and WAP networks to continue to help providing a more level playing field for those we serve.
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Video Presentations & Webinars
Defining Solar Justice
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Chandra Farley, Director of the Partnership for Southern Equity, discusses how we might design clean energy programs that distribute the benefits equitably and what effective organizing will look like.
Green Justice: The Fight for Equity in Environmental and Climate Movements
Elizabeth Yeampierre discusses historical and persistent inequities in the traditional “green” movement and how Community Action can best engage with new climate justice opportunities.
NCAP Equity Summit — Energy Justice
This session took place during NCAP’s 2021 National Community Action Equity Summit.
Beyond Energy Burden: Energy Justice (Part One)
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The Energy Equity Project provides an overview of the latest developments in defining and creating energy justice. Presenters introduce several data tools CAAs can use to analyze equity conditions and/or outcomes as they advocate for demonstrably fair and sustainable investments and highlight communities that are already putting them to work. Click here to watch part two.
Making a Clean Energy Future an Equitable One
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The COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed the inequities of the U.S. energy sector. This report from Synapse Energy, Regulatory Assistance Project and NCAP, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, explores ways to deliver energy equity to communities that need it most. Learn about case studies and policy options that are working to achieve greater energy equity. Hear from the authors and consider ways you may help move the needle in your community.
Advancing Equity Through Energy Justice with Dr. Tony Reames
Dr. Tony Reames is the newly appointed Senior Advisor, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the United States Department of Energy (US DOE). While on faculty at University of Michigan, Dr. Reames wrote extensively on energy affordability, access and justice, and founded the Urban Energy Justice Lab and the Energy Equity Project. Dr. Reames has said that his goal is “to institutionalize energy justice into the Department of Energy so that it’s still there when we are gone.”
Leading the Campaign for Affordable Accessible Energy for All
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Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority and the Partnership for Southern Equity have worked in tandem for several years to advocate for “Just Energy.” They have achieved remarkable success in communicating the issues, policies and programs, and in mobilizing community residents to take action on a better policy framework. The New Consensus is a national thought leader about the issues and solutions, along with the sweeping economic mobilization, that can build a clean and just economy.
Reports
Desk Guide – How the Electricity and Natural Gas Sectors Work
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EXCERPTED FROM: Energy Infrastructure – Sources of Inequities and Policy Solutions for Improving Community Health and Wellbeing.
Energy Infrastructure: Sources of Inequities and Policy Solutions for Improving Community Wellbeing
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In a new report produced with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Synapse Energy Economics, the Regulatory Assistance Project, and Community Action Partnership take an in-depth look at the disparate impacts electric and natural gas infrastructure have on economic, social, and health outcomes — and consider how to ensure that a clean-energy future is a more equitable future.