Are There Trade-offs Between Decarbonization in the Power Sector and Affordability?
Public ownership and market controls can secure energy price stability and bring down the cost of living.
Our Research
Climate and Community Institute (CCI) creates research that connects issues that dominate our political economy directly with the climate crisis. We lay the groundwork for ambitious and creative climate goals in the near term, and build the vision for a just, decarbonized future.
Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex
Jobs in the military industry have declined even as the Pentagon budget soars, exposing a broken industrial model.
Beyond Extractivism
Structural economic transformation is necessary to confront the continued growth of resource extraction that threatens ecosystems and rights.
Stop Greed, Build Green: A Working Class Climate Strategy
How to build power for a new era of climate and economic transformation.
Stop Greed, Build Green: A Working Class Climate Agenda
A New Era of Manufacturing for Public Good: The Case for the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative
The need for transmission upgrades to accommodate an electrified economy grows daily, but delays are holding back renewable and storage projects, and sharp component price increases are over-burdening working class Californians’ electric bills.
The Case for City-led Housing Retrofits in New York City
In New York City, policy discussions about housing affordability tend to focus on rent freezes, land-use reform, and public investment in new affordable housing. Yet housing …
Industrialized Construction in New York City: Unlocking Affordably-Built Affordable Housing
Strategic investments in an innovative building approach called industrialized construction could accelerate progress toward New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s goal of constructing 200,000 new affordable, union-built, …
Neighborhood-Scale Building Decarbonization: A Toolkit for Advocates and Implementers
The dominant approach to decarbonizing homes today is for individual building owners to switch to electric appliances and, in some cases, install solar. In reality, this …
Trump’s Illegal Invasion of Venezuela Forebodes an Environmental Disaster
The US’s illegal invasion of Venezuela on January 3, 2026 exacerbates global instability, geoeconomic uncertainty, and accelerates atmospheric and biospheric breakdown. Returning Venezuelan oil production to …