The Green New Deal for Public Housing is back on the table. Our report with @urbandemos.bsky.social + @actionlabny.bsky.social shows how the bill would transform housing in NY, greening and modernizing public housing while building affordable, tenant-controlled homes at scale nyshousingsolution.com

Recently reintroduced, @jayapal.house.gov and @markey.senate.gov's Green New Deal for Public Schools Act, which is based on research from CCI, would invest $1.6 trillion to provide healthy, green upgrades to every K-12 public school in the US: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/the-green-...

The disaster risk finance system is collapsing as insurance premiums rise beyond affordability, coverage options diminish, and insurers exit some regions entirely. A federal disaster insurance program could protect housing from catastrophes in ways that the private market cannot.

NEW: Housing is unaffordable for half of renters and a quarter of homeowners. Our brief with @periumass.bsky.social shows how the federal government could expand the supply of permanently affordable green social housing. climateandcommunity.org/research/the...

Here's what that $1.6 trillion would mean for public education.

We're seeking a Senior Associate, Finance and Operations who blends operational savvy, financial management, and commitment to supportive and transparent culture. Learn more and apply: climateandcommunity.org/careers/

New Brief with @periumass.bsky.social: The Safe Housing Foundation could expand and improve housing choice vouchers while delinking poor and working families’ energy bills from the costs of expanding clean energy and modernizing the grid. climateandcommunity.org/research/tow...

NEW: Most renters are cost burdened, spending at least 30% of their income on housing. Congress should work to pass a universal cap on annual rent increases at 3% or .75% of the local Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower. climateandcommunity.org/research/nat...

On Saturday, our community and the world lost Dr. Sarah Knuth, one of the foremost thinkers on energy, climate, and just transitions. She was the driving intellectual force behind so much of CCI’s research. We will miss her desperately.

The climate crisis has caused home insurance premiums to skyrocket across the country, particularly in California. States should establish Housing Resilience Agencies—new entities to run housing risk-reduction work and home disaster insurance provision with transparency, democracy, and equity.

As @mjhaugen.bsky.social discussed with @premthakker.bsky.social, the buildout of data centers has coincided with both weakened environmental regulation and enforcement. We cover this in more detail here: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/ai-first

The economy can be reoriented to lower both emissions and costs, moving us away from fossil fuels while also using fewer critical minerals to furnish a green transition. Read @triofrancos.bsky.social's interview in @newleftreview.bsky.social: newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...

Data centers are changing to meet demand for AI training and usage. While conventional data centers require up to 10 MW of energy, Meta’s Hyperion project will need 500 times that amount—more than enough to power every home in New Jersey.

Our new report on AI uncovers how Trump’s tax policy fueled Big Tech’s AI ambitions. In 2025, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta received a $49.7B tax cut, paying an effective rate of just 4.9% rather than the statutory rate of 21%, increasing their cash reserves to rapidly scale AI infrastructure. Watch:

What is being sacrificed when the federal government prioritizes the proliferation of AI and AI data centers across the US? Watch @premthakker.bsky.social's interview with @mjhaugen.bsky.social about our new report: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMdz...

AI’s rapid emergence shows the potential for the state to be oriented toward a different mission that centers the creation of socially useful green infrastructure like clean energy, healthy schools, libraries, social housing, and public transit.

Trump’s tax policy unleashed funding for Big Tech’s AI ambitions. In 2025, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta received a $49.7 billion tax cut, paying an effective rate of just 4.9% rather than the statutory rate of 21%, increasing their cash reserves to rapidly scale AI infrastructure.

Fast and free buses save working people money and expand their options for getting around. In a new op-ed, Rep. Rashida Tlaib cites our research to make the case: planetdetroit.org/2026/06/tlai...

In a four-way race to get to the World Cup, it took one bus-going NYT reporter 3.5 hours to make the journey. Rideshare took just one hour. It doesn't have to be this way.

Time's running out to apply for our Energy Policy Manager position! Submit your cover letter and resume by Tuesday, June 23 at 11:59pm Eastern Time: climateandcommunity.org/careers/

There's another way to wield state power: green economic populism. Invest at the scale that the climate crisis demands, develop community-owned energy systems, and give the public an equity stake. More here: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/whitep...

Trumpian state capitalism is designed to benefit oligarchs and empire, not the public. CCI's @triofrancos.bsky.social examines this through the prism of critical minerals with @iliasalami.bsky.social for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...

Solutions to the climate crisis and the cost-of-living crisis aren't at odds—they go hand in hand. As our Executive Director Johanna Bozuwa said in The Guardian, "using affordability as a cudgel to weaken climate policy is a major error that will not solve either crisis, ultimately amplifying both."

New research with @urbandemos.bsky.social and @actionlabny.bsky.social shows how the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and the Homes Act would transform housing in NY, greening and modernizing public housing while building affordable, tenant-controlled homes at scale: nyshousingsolution.com

We need political will to win a sustainable future, backed by a powerful coalition that knows who it is fighting for and against. In this clip, CCI Fellow @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social discusses how the climate movement can respond to public disaffection.

NEW: The California Green Manufacturing Initiative can deliver up to $200b in savings to ratepayers over the next 25 years. But delaying implementation by one year would cut savings by $12b, and a delay of four years would cut savings by $50b. climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/new-modeli...

Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to speed up buses and make them fare-free provoked excitement and debate during his mayoral campaign. But NYC isn't the only place where there's political momentum for better buses.

The affordability crisis and the climate crisis share many solutions, especially when it comes to transportation. CCI's Emmett Hopkins appeared on @usa.streetsblog.org's The Brake podcast to discuss how fast buses and quick-build bike lanes fit in with a working class climate agenda.

Progress is already being made. 30,000 heat pumps are being manufactured for NYCHA, and a pilot project installed the first 72 in Woodside Houses. The results: 💰 50% lower energy costs 📉 87% less energy use ✅ 89% resident satisfaction 🌡️ 93% said the units kept them warm in the winter “just right"

Tenants and tenant organizers may not think much about the insurance difficulties faced by their landlords — but when the result is increased rents and fees, or deferred maintenance and green upgrades, affordability and quality of life deteriorates for tenants.