We created the Building Blocks of State Climate Policy to make it as easy as possible for state legislators to introduce bold, specific, and equitable climate policy that works for their state. Our toolkit organizes policy resources, background information, model legislation, and best practice examples into a comprehensive framework - focused on supporting communities with good-paying jobs and advancing justice.
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In 2020, we hosted a State Legislature Climate Action Summit, fostering cross-state coordination and strategizing amongst 80+ state legislators from 12 states.
We believe every legislative support network and every climate advocacy organization should have high quality climate policy resources at their fingertips. That’s why we’re proactively working to share and integrate our toolkits into existing networks.
At least 3 cross-state legislative support networks are using components of our Building Blocks of State Climate policy toolkit in their work.
Environmental justice is a throughline of our work. It’s a cornerstone of our policy toolkits, and an essential piece of our data work.
We don’t need to tackle the climate crisis for the sake of the planet alone: we need to protect people - and we need to protect ALL people regardless of race, class, or zipcode.
We need to make a concerted effort to invest in communities that have been historically blighted.
In 2020, we worked side-by-side with Texas Rising to create the Texas Environmental Justice Explorer, visualizing the unequal impact of pollution across underserved communities in Texas.
VISIT THE TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EXPLORERInformation is out there. But so much is out there, that it’s not getting to the people who need it most. At the same time, state and local governments are on the frontlines of addressing these issues: but there are so many of these local offices, we need a systemic way to identify high-leverage opportunities. We’re using data to put big opportunities on people’s radars.
In 2020, we created the first national database of public utility board races. We’re using this database to activate relevant local groups.
We’re also combining big datasets to build a “heatmap” of high priority opportunities for strategic climate investment.