Ten Reasons Why Plugging Into Electric Vehicles Reaps Rewards For Our Communities – And How You Can Help
Ten Reasons Why Plugging Into Electric Vehicles Reaps Rewards For Our Communities – And How You Can Help E&E LA Auto Show Factsheet 11.19.13 – final – AD.pdf
Energy Efficiency Savings in Faith Institutions: A Pilot Project with the AME Church
This Joint Center report, Energy Efficiency Savings in Faith Institutions: A Pilot Project with the AME Church, documents a groundbreaking partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church to raise…
Cooling the Planet, Clearing the Air: Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing, and Co-Benefits
Policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions can yield substantial co-benefits via reduced emissions of co-pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and air toxics. Valuation studies suggest that these benefits…
Climate Change, Environmental Challenges, and Vulnerable Communities
The report Climate Change, Environmental Challenges, and Vulnerable Communities: Assessing Legacies of the Past, Building Opportunities for the Future brings together demographic, health, and environmental data and research for Arizona,…
Climate Disruption in the Global South and in African American Communities: Key Issues, Frameworks, and Possibilities for Climate Justice
The author of “Climate Disruption in the Global South and in African American Communities: Key Issues, Frameworks, and Possibilities for Climate Justice” lays out a number of major issues facing…
White Paper: Health and Economic Benefits of Clean Air Regulations
“Health and Economic Benefits of Clean Air Regulations” is a literature-based white paper that discusses the range of potential health benefits that could be gained by people of color in…
Research Brief: Three-City Survey of African Americans on EPA Regulations, Climate Change, and Health
This three-city survey builds on earlier Joint Center national surveys that looked at the views of African Americans on climate change, health, and conservation behaviors. In the national surveys, clear…
Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change Fact Sheet
Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav highlighted the vulnerability of the African American community to the types of extreme weather events that the scientific community believes will be exacerbated by global climate…
Opinion of African Americans on Climate Change and 2010 Midterm Elections: The Results of a Multi-State Poll
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Joint Center) has long been a leading authority on trends related to the opinions and voting preferences of the nation’s Black electorate. …
African Americans on Climate Change and Conservation
While African Americans are underrepresented in the public debates on climate change and environmental issues generally, they are as aware of these issues as other groups in American society, and…