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Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

November 21, 2025 admin 0

by staff GWRCCC Completes Five-Year Electrification Project to Expand EV Access Across Mid-Atlantic Washington, DC–The Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition (GWRCCC), in collaboration with over 25 partners, has successfully completed a five-year Mid-Atlantic Electrification Project (MAEP) awarded by the U.S. […]

“The Power of Narrative: Remmington Belford on Equity, Legacy, and Leadership”

September 2, 2025 admin 0

BY Staff Remmington F. Belford, MPS, has built a career at the intersection of public affairs, equity, and storytelling, guided by a vision shaped as much by absence as by opportunity. Raised in Houston in a family rooted in service […]

Chart-Topping Saxophonist Kim Waters Says It’s Time 2 Groove!

April 19, 2025 admin 0

New Shanachie Entertainment Recording Out Now! BY Shanachie Entertainment “The one thing in the world that people cannot discriminate, argue or bicker about is music,” declares chart-topping and multi-platinum selling saxophonist Kim Waters. “Music brings people together, fosters camaraderie and […]

Trump’s Team is Coming for Climate Science.

January 20, 2025 admin 0

The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse By Ben Jealous It is official: 2024 was the hottest year on record. Temperatures not only surpassed 2023 as the previous hottest year, they leapt – for the first time – past the goal set in […]

Reclaiming “Tree Hugger”

April 22, 2024 admin 0

By Ben Jealous Most people think of “tree hugger” as a casual insult for a certain kind of environmentalist. The term actually has a proud history. It is time to take it back. In 1730, 363 members of Bishnois branch […]

U. S. Disasters Disparately Impact Low Income Homeowners and Renters

November 14, 2023 admin 0

By Eleanor Kitzman So far this year, the U.S. has been hit by 23 separate major disasters, the highest number since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) started keeping records in 1980. These disasters—which include hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, tornados, and […]

Reducing Negative Health Impacts from Transportation on Communities of Color

October 24, 2023 admin 0

By Antoine M. Thompson When discussing the ongoing climate crisis, I often hear the proverbial phrase, “we are all in this together.” However, the data on air pollution in conjunction with public health risks suggests we are not, in fact, […]

The Clean Energy Transition Must Be a Just Transition

October 6, 2023 admin 0

By Ben Jealous When General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford – the “Big Three” American automakers – were close to extinction 15 years ago, their workers and the American people stepped in to save them. The United Auto Workers (UAW) gave […]

Saving the Planet Matters Enough to Measure Honestly

August 28, 2023 admin 0

By Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com) – There’s a phrase you hear from business schools to board rooms that comes from John Doerr, a legendary investor who backed Google, Amazon, and Intuit: Measure what matters. Those words certainly jumped to mind this […]

Big Chance to Cut Climate Pollution from Big Trucks

June 23, 2023 admin 0

By Ben Jealous The interstates built in the 1950s and 1960s killed the vitality of the communities where people of color and the poor lived, from Overtown in Miami to the Hill District in Pittsburgh to the South and West […]