renewable energy
Large New Philanthropic Fund Responds to Coal Country Transitions
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A new philanthropic vehicle catalyzes and convenes the troops for economic transition from coal.
planting trees
What Does Sustainability Mean When You Are Cleveland?
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As Sustainable Cleveland 2019 nears its conclusion, the city looks for more ways to build resiliency to climate change and to advance social justice.
renewable energy
The Battle for Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico
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With all of the talk about the failure of the energy grid in Puerto Rico, there has been little discussion about what citizens on the island are doing to ensure that it is rebuilt in a way that respects the earth and the island’s sustainability. This article is one in a series of original reports on Puerto Rico’s recovery by NPQ’s senior editor, Cyndi Suarez. We chose to take this project on because the devastation brought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria puts Puerto Rico in a unique position from which all nonprofits in low income communities can learn.
renewable energy
Clean Energy in US Soars as Costs to Generate Renewable Power Fall
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A combination of rapidly falling production costs, international pressures, and state and local polices is pushing rapid growth in the US renewable energy sector, despite federal recalcitrance.
Nonprofit News
UK Activists Seek to Reclaim Ownership of Common Resources
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Do the radicals of England in 1217 have anything to say about our economy in 2017? Maybe they do. In 1217, English secured a “Charter of the Forest” that served as a counterpart for 1215’s Magna Carta. Today, British activists seek a similar social compact for the 21st century.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Experiments with Renewable Energy as It Rebuilds
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Puerto Rico rides shifting energy tides, welcoming renewable energy while it rebuilds its electrical infrastructure.
renewable energy
A Church’s Power May Not Come from Above
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Want to foster energy independence in your community? Be aware that the energy powers-that-be might try to stand in the way, as this tussle of a North Carolina energy nonprofit with Duke Energy, now headed to the state’s supreme court, demonstrates.
Advocacy and Activism
Equity as Core Principle: Big Green and Environmental Justice Nonprofits Try to Align
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The environmental movement has long been divided along race and class lines. Perhaps there is some momentum to change all of that in the face of the need for a powerfully aligned movement.
renewable energy
Nonprofit Aims to Preserve Energy-Efficiency Support for Low-Income Families
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A nonprofit reevaluates in the face of reduced federal environmental justice funds.
Puerto Rico
The Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Energy Sector and the Desperate Need for an Alternative
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Hurricane Irma has ushered in a long-anticipated and planned privatization of Puerto Rico’s energy sector. What will this mean for Puerto Rico and climate change? Puerto Ricans are arguing for something radically different.