Climate & Community Institute @cplusci

We are a progressive climate and economic policy think tank developing cutting-edge research. find us on bluesky at cplusc🌱 climateandcommunity.org Joined March 2021

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos

3 days ago

I’m in @FT on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️

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Batul Hassan @BatulMH

4 weeks ago

Somehow this NYT piece “dissecting” @ZohranKMamdani ‘s schools agenda completely erased the campaign’s detailed plan for green, healthy schools, which can be easily accessed and read in full on the campaign site: docs.google.com/document/d/1EE…

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Washington Times Opinion @WashTimesOpEd

a month ago

Moira Birss and Ruthy Gourevitch: "Because communities across the country face high risk of property damage from overlapping disasters, lawmakers should be increasing state capacity to reduce risks to households and bring down costs." trib.al/ITlwIwF

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The Military Emissions Gap @milemissionsgap

2 months ago

The US @DeptofDefense budget is set to rise to $1tn. New analysis shows that this will push the Pentagon’s total greenhouse emissions to a staggering 178 Mt of CO2e, resulting in an estimated $47bn in economic damages globally. theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC

2 months ago

“Climate is a multiplier of the cost of living crisis,” points out @johannabozuwa of @cplusci. “We actually can build an alternative — in state rent control, green affordable housing. It’s not a climate movement, it’s a working class movement of which climate is a part.”