Emmett Hopkins
Emmett (he/him) is the Transportation Policy Manager at the Climate and Community Institute, where he works with members and partners to advance a new vision for mobility that centers justice across the transportation supply chain. Emmett previously worked as Operations Director at Climate Mobilization Project and led CMP’s intersectional organizing for transportation justice. He brings over a decade of experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders to activate power towards equitable transportation systems, build community food systems, ensure equitable access to public lands, and mobilize resources towards a just transition. He graduated from Stanford with a BS in Earth Systems and MS in Urban Planning & Sustainable Design. Emmett enjoys growing food and cultivating relationships, riding bikes and buses, and reimagining our communities to better serve all the people living in them.
All Contributions
Community Benefits Agreements
In the face of energy transition projects, communities can deploy community benefits agreements to exert control over their futures. When communities get organized early, know their rights and opportunities, and work in coalition, they have the …
Fast and Free: How Better Buses Can Lower Costs and Cut Emissions Across the United States
Fast and free buses can lower costs for working people, and get them where they need to go more quickly and comfortably, while investing in high-quality public goods, cutting carbon pollution, and improving air quality.
Supply Chain Solidarity: Lessons from the Lithium Frontlines
Workers and organizers, representing different parts of the transportation supply chain, journey across Nevada to learn first-hand about the impacts of lithium mining for electric vehicle …
Letting People Move
Transportation policy represents a key tool to address both the cost of living and climate crises. In the United States, the shortcomings of today’s transportation system …
Jobs for More Mobility and Less Mining
The urgency of eliminating emissions from the transportation sector–the number one source of U.S. carbon emissions–intensifies with every day of inaction. Some climate advocates believe that …
How are transportation dollars flowing in your state?
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dedicated $643 billion to surface transportation over a five year period. Roughly two thirds of that investment goes to …
Bringing The Jobs on Board
Transit plays a central role in providing access to schools, jobs, medical care, parks, grocery stores and other everyday necessities. For decades, the United States has …
