The Black Box of Utility Capital Expenditure
How utilities are profiting off of AI expansion and climate disaster and saddling ratepayers with the bill
Our Research
Climate and Community Institute (CCI) creates research that connects issues that dominate our political economy directly with the climate crisis. We lay the groundwork for ambitious and creative climate goals in the near term, and build the vision for a just, decarbonized future.
Community Benefits Agreements
In the face of energy transition projects, communities can deploy community benefits agreements to exert control over their futures. When communities get organized early, know their rights and opportunities, and work in coalition, they have the …
Toward Housing as a Human Right: Eliminate Extreme Housing and Energy Insecurity with a Safe Housing Foundation
We propose a package of measures, labeled the Safe Housing Foundation, to eliminate extreme housing and energy insecurity for millions of households. These center on expanding and improving housing choice vouchers while laying the groundwork for …
National Rent Control
Federal policymakers should work to advance national rent control and preempt states and localities from infringing on the rights of other jurisdictions to pass their own form of rent control.
The Social Housing Development Authority
The Social Housing Development Authority is a proposal for a proactive public actor in the housing market to expand the supply of permanently affordable green social housing. This would be a federal entity that would serve …
National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing
A federal National Housing Resilience Agency can provide adequate, affordable, and available national disaster insurance for homes, and carry out proactive adaptation and risk mitigation so homes are safer to begin with.
Au-delà de l’extractivisme
Lire en anglais | Lire en espagnol Nous sommes au cœur d’une course mondiale aux minerais stratégiques — une dynamique qui risque de reproduire le modèle …
Más Allá del Extractivismo
Leer en inglés | Leer en francés Nos encontramos en medio de una carrera armamentística mundial por minerales, una carrera que corre el riesgo de reproducir …
AI First: How the Federal Government is Prioritizing AI Over People and Planet
The data center boom shows that world-altering infrastructure can rapidly expand when the interests of state and capital are aligned.
Fast and Free: How Better Buses Can Lower Costs and Cut Emissions Across the United States
Fast and free buses can lower costs for working people, and get them where they need to go more quickly and comfortably, while investing in high-quality public goods, cutting carbon pollution, and improving air quality.
