News Unlocking Access To EVs In Underserved Communities October 2, 2021 • Energy Equity By Stacy Noblet Forbes The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. Rapidly decarbonizing this sector is essential to [...] Opinion Columns Vulnerable Californians could lose power when utility protections expire. Will leaders act? September 29, 2021 • Energy Equity By Carmelita Miller The Sacramento Bee On Thursday, hundreds of thousands of Californians could have their power shut off. Critical moratoriums on rental evictions and utility [...] News What one city’s struggle to ban natural gas says about the challenge of electrifying buildings September 24, 2021 • Environmental Equity By Ysabelle Kempe Grist This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia, which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, [...] News Consumer demand and policy are both pushing sustainable transportation forward, but infrastructure needs to match pace to make it equitable for all September 20, 2021 • Environmental Equity By Elle Hardy Business Insider Multiple factors are accelerating the transportation industry’s green transformation — but experts argue it’s policymakers’ job to ensure no one’s left [...] News•Press Releases With Recall Over, California Must Boldly Move Forward on Equity, Greenlining Institute Says September 14, 2021 Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – With the whole nation watching, Governor Gavin Newsom has survived the [...] News•Press Releases CA State Budget Bills Fund Critical Climate Equity Priorities September 9, 2021 • Environmental Equity Urgently Needed Dollars Go to Climate Resilience, Transformative Climate Communities and More Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA [...] Opinion Columns ‘Fintechs’ and California’s mortgage market: We need a fix September 1, 2021 • Economic Equity By Rawan Elhalaby and Muhammad Alameldin Capitol Weekly In 2008 an imploding home mortgage market tanked our economy, causing tremendous hardship in California and throughout the [...] News Greenlining Institute calls for more regulation of fintech and nonbank home lenders August 23, 2021 • Economic Equity By Mark Calvey San Francisco Business Times The Greenlining Institute, the Oakland nonprofit that advocates for economic equity and increased lending to California’s communities of color, [...] Opinion Columns Stopping the Next Mortgage Meltdown August 20, 2021 • Economic Equity By Debra Gore-Mann The Progressive After the 2008 subprime mortgage meltdown tanked the U.S. and global economies, Congress wrote rules to stabilize the financial industry. But the mortgage [...] News•Press Releases New Report: Fintech Lenders – Not Banks – Dominate Mortgage Market, Regulations Must Catch Up August 18, 2021 • Economic Equity Fintech Lenders Have 2/3 of the Market but Aren’t Regulated Like Banks Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Associate Director for Media Relations, 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA [...] 1234…206 Media Contacts Molly TafoyaCommunications Director Email: molly.tafoya@greenlining.org Cell: 808-256-7064 Show These TopicsDiversity & InclusionEconomic EquityEconomic SummitEnergy EquityEnvironmental EquityGeneralHealth EquityLeadership AcademyTechnology EquityShow these Resource TypesNewsOpinion ColumnsPress ReleasesShow This Date Range From to
