A few years ago, California started an ambitious program to charge polluters for the climate-changing greenhouse gases they put into our air, and then use that money to promote clean energy and energy savings while bringing the benefits of this…
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This past September, California put its money where its mouth is and signed Assembly Bill 2722 (Burke), the Transformative Climate Communities Program. AB 2722 requires that the folks at the California Strategic Growth Council set up a competitive process to… Continue reading 
2016 is proving to be a monster year for California climate policy, and for environmental justice wins powered by people of color. Over the past decade, AB 32 (Pavley) and SB 535 (De León) set the benchmark for transformative environmental… Continue reading 
What does Stockton’s history tell us about Stockton today? When you look at a map, we can see that the legacy of redlining – the illegal practice of denying services to communities of color – remains present today. We see… Continue reading 
These ten weeks as a summer associate have afforded me some of the greatest personal and professional development challenges of my young adult life. While I expected to this summer to be demanding, I was not aware of how much… Continue reading 
Hello all! I am Nicole Powell, and I am excited to join the environmental equity team here at the Greenlining Institute as a Summer Associate. I was born and raised in the Blair Hills area of Culver City, California, a… Continue reading 
