We are in a period of great opportunity and challenge. Any policy proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must include provisions that protect vulnerable low and moderate income households and communities from economic hardship due to increases in the cost of energy, goods and services. Low-income workers and communities must also have access to a fair share of investments in efficient homes, green buildings and low-emissions transit.
We invite advocacy groups to review our principles for Fair Climate Change Policy and our policy letters and statements.
Policy Analysis
Policy Briefs, Reports and Press Releases
- Issue brief: Juggling Basic Necessities and the Dire Consequences of Unaffordable Energy, May 2014
- Press Statement regarding the Sanders/Boxer Climate Bill, Feb. 14, 2013
Comments
- Comments to RGGI. re: Request for Stakeholder Comments, 2016 Program Review, May 9, 2016
- Additional Comments from Advocates On Behalf of Low-Income Households on the EPA’s Clean Energy Incentive Program, Jan. 21, 2016
- Joint comments urging the EPA to modify their guidance to the states to include a greater focus on environmental justice, Nov. 2014
- Group comments on the EPA's Clean Climate Plan, Dec. 2014
- Group Comments (NCLC, National Community Action Foundation and Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy) on the EPA's "Clean Power Plan" (CPP), Dec. 2014
- Consumers Groups' Comments on EPA's Proposed "Clean Power Plan", Dec. 2014
Presentations
- Collision or Intersection? Car Ownership and Energy and Environmental Concerns, PowerPoint presentation and audio recording (2010)
- Electricity and Consumers: Challenges Faced By Low-Income Consumers And Current Issues, Consumer Federation of America Consumer Assembly (2010)
- Climate Change 101: Essential Consumer Protections, NCAF Energy Conference, St Petersburg, FL (2009)
- Essential Consumer Protections: Critical Improvements to HR 2454, USCAN & Policy Matters Ohio webinar (2009)
