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Publication: Analysis of proposed carbon capture projects in the US power sector and co-location with environmental justice communities

"This paper is a spatial analysis of CCS projects proposed for the power sector and their co-location with EJ communities. Compiling a proposed project list from four CCS databases, we found that 33 of the 35 projects were located in EJ communities, and that additionally, 423 of the 497 (or 85%) EJ census block groups located within three miles of at least one proposed project currently face heightened environmental stress. These results illustrate both the feasibility and the necessity of analyzing the co-location of proposed CCS buildout in EJ communities, and add to the nascent body of literature evaluating the impacts of carbon management technologies such as CCS on these communities."

Report: Carbon Capture and Sequestration & Environmental Justice White Paper

This white paper provides a summary of evidence demonstrating the threatsposed by CCS and hydrogen co-firing to environmental justice communities in the United States.

Report: Mandatory Emissions Reductions for Climate Mitigation in the Power Sector

Report with case studies from New Jersey, Deleware, and Minnesota on the siting of power plants in burdened communities.

Publication: Climate Justice Futures: Carbon Management Risks and Alternatives

Published article in the Journal of Climate Resilience & Climate Justice about how US-bssed carbon management approaches affect Environmental Justice (EJ) communities.

Letter: EPA Greenhouse Gas Rule Comments

These are comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the EPA’s proposed “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel–Fired Electric Generating Units; Emissions Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel–Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.”

Event: Centering Justice: A Conversation with EJ Leaders, Dr. Beverly Wright & Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome

This is a recording of the 2024 Centering Justice Event, featuring Drs. Dr. Beverly Wright and Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome. Part of the inaugural Centering Justice Symposium.

Video: Developing Cumulative Impacts Permitting Protections Webinar Recording

Spurred by the leadership of Environmental Justice advocates, states are increasingly engaging in policymaking to respond to the cumulative environmental and social burdens faced by EJ communities. During this webinar, we shared key findings from a first-of-its-kind policy review and database designed to support the integration of cumulative impacts into state environmental permitting frameworks. Advocates from three leading states shared insights on how they’re advancing cumulative impacts policies at various stages of development. We took a critical look at the growing wave of state policies aimed at addressing cumulative impacts in environmental permitting.

Video: 2023 MER Webinar

Across the United States, fossil fuel infrastructure emits toxic air pollution and planet-warming greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Low-income communities and communities of color bear the brunt of both, living on the front lines of impacts from climate change as well as suffering the harms of localized co-pollutants, like particular matter and nitrous oxides, emitted by nearby facilities. A just and equitable climate mitigation policy for the power sector must make the elimination of the sector’s outsized impact on these environmental justice (EJ) communities an explicit goal. A new joint report by Dr. Nicky Sheats of the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research (Kean University) and members of the Tishman Environment and Design Center, lays out a framework for a policy to require mandatory emissions reductions (MER) of power sector pollution in EJ communities, and applies it to three state case studies: New Jersey, Minnesota, and Delaware.

Event: AfroPunk Panel on Environmental Justice in the Black Community

This discussion between Tishman Center Sustainability and Engagement Director Mike Harrington and Taproot Earth Vision & Initiatives Partner Colette Pichon Battle, Esq, focused on the effects of the climate crisis on the Black community and the African diaspora. The conversation was moderated by award-winning journalist Melissa Noel for Essence Magazine.

Event: Better Worlds Ahead: Realizing Our Brighter Climate Futures

This event featured a conversation with s Stacey Abrams and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about imagining better futures, finding hope and motivation for continued action, and where climate solutions are already taking root.

Event: US Climate Leadership: Equity and Justice in the Green Transition

Recording of event from Mother Jones, Grist, and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School for a discussion about equity, infrastructure, jobs, and the urban energy transition. Featuring the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University, Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice), Jade Begay (Indigenous Rights Advocate and Climate Researcher), and Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), we’ll dig into the issues, opportunities, and solutions driving an equitable transformation for America.