Center for Progressive Reform

Join us! May 21 at 1 pm ET for a webinar on Community Benefits. Former Dept. of Energy officials will discuss how CBPs advanced climate, energy, labor, & equity goals.

We explore what worked, what didn't, & how to strengthen implementation moving forward.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FFhwJi0JSb6EgMfl7HTmqg #/registration

Earth Day Book Release!

In Lessons for a Warming Planet, Member Scholar Alejandro E. Camacho and his co-author, Brigham Daniels, look at how people in the past faced challenges that felt just as overwhelming as challenges we face today.

They weren't always confident or sure they’d win. But they still organized, used science, and pushed the law to evolve. They kept showing up.

That tension we feel right now, between wanting big, sweeping change and settling for small wins? That isn't new. It's how progress has always happened.

Read more in a book chat with Evan George of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and author Alejandro Camacho.

https://progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/lessons-for-a-warming-planet-vital-history-of-us-environmental-law/

Starting Earth Month in community just feels right. 💚

CPR Interim Co-Executive Director and Senior Policy Analyst for Climate Justice, Catalina Gonzalez, joined the opening reception at LA Climate Week, surrounded by folks pushing for a better future.

There’s a full week of free, public events where you can find your people and get plugged in.

Find the schedule at laclimateweek.com/

Artificial intelligence currently drives a large chunk of U.S. economic growth, but we should not overlook the serious impact it is having on average consumers. Member Scholar Hannah Wiseman and colleague Matthew McHale suggest ways to meaningfully address these impacts.

Read their new report here:

New Report Looks to Protect Ratepayers from Big Tech’s Energy Costs - Center for Progressive Reform In the past five years, the United States began experiencing a rapid increase in electricity demand, fueled primarily by data centers for artificial intelligence. A single data center can use the amount of electricity consumed by a city of approximately 80,000 people. Most data center companies seek...