Energy Justice is Racial Justice
Revolutionizing our energy system through centering energy justice means addressing power inequities and leveraging collective community voices to call for equitable climate policy.
Source: Initiative for Energy Justice
Energy Justice
Achieving just social and economic participation in the energy system, while remediating social, economic, and health burdens on climate-impacted communities.Â
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Justice in 100 Scorecard
The Justice in 100 Scorecard is a rubric for evaluating 100% of laws passed by states and territories. The Initiative for Energy Justice (IEJ) was founded in 2018 by three lawyers of color entrenched in the debates concerning the nation’s transition away from fossil fuels and an extractive economy towards an equitable and renewable energy future.
Racial Justice Toolkit
As police brutality and racial violence persist in the US, many seek ways to advocate for civil rights. This guide offers resources for learning and getting involved in the fight against systemic racism.
Achieving a just energy transition
This article talks about how different countries are making changes to their energy systems. Experts looked at 100 court cases to see what types of justice and human rights are being prioritized in the energy transition.
The Energy Gang
"The Energy Gang" is a podcast that covers the intersection of clean energy, politics, and finance through interviews and discussions with industry experts and thought leaders.
Fight Extractive Energy
The Energy Justice Network is mapping all of the existing proposed, closed and defeated dirty energy and waste facilities in the United States. Their work is building a network of community groups to fight the facilities and the corporations behind these extractive energy projects.
Secretary Granholm: Black Women Changemakers in Clean Energy
In the latest episode of People Powered, Secretary Granholm was joined by entrepreneurs and innovators who are part of a long legacy of Black women making incredible impact on our nation and on the future of clean energy.
Out of Gas: In With Justice
In 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice launched a pilot program called Out of Gas, In with Justice to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy in affordable housing.
With renewables, Native communities chart a path to energy sovereignty
"From Arizona to Maine and beyond, a new generation of Indigenous entrepreneurs, activists and government leaders are making strides — and money — with clean energy."
- Jeff St. John, author, Canary Media
Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy Transition
In this video, Marc Buckley interviews Professor Shalanda H. Baker, President Biden's new Deputy Director at the US Department of Energy, about her research on energy justice, her book "Revolutionary Power", and her activism.
Energy justice demands equity in social and economic participation in the energy system. It calls for remediating social, economic, and health burdens for those disproportionately harmed by the energy system. Our existing energy system maximizes profit for investor-owned utilities while often disregarding the frequent negative impacts it has on climate-impacted communities.Â
Energy Allies is a nonprofit that revolutionizes the energy system by centering local leadership and ownership of clean energy projects in climate-impacted communities.
Direct ownership of solar assets allows the local community to realize full resulting economic benefits, not third party tax-equity investors. Energy Allies works at the nexus of clean energy and social justice to provide all households, regardless of race, ethnicity, income, home ownership status or other factors, access to clean energy through community-led energy, research and innovation, clean energy education, and advocacy for inclusive clean energy policies. We envision a future where accessible clean energy powers thriving communities.
