“New ERA” to leverage $29 Billion to propel a Just Transition for rural communities
On September 5, 2024, Shareable and our partners at RPC were thrilled to announce that the first round of New ERA projects has been unveiled, marking a significant step forward with a total investment of $29 billion—$7.3 billion of which comes directly from federal support for Rural Electric Cooperatives (RECs).
September 24, 2024
Connecting the dots between climate destruction and its financial backers
As Vanguard S.O.S. takes action in new places this fall, campaigners will be applying lessons learned and learning new ones in the process. It’s all in service of winning the changes that bring us ever closer to having clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and a safe climate in which to thrive.
September 23, 2024
What matters?
For the material footprint of industrial production and our corresponding consumption, a change of energy source itself makes in most cases little difference.
September 23, 2024
Silent Solar
Solar panels have, over the last months, suddenly gotten so cheap that they’re now appearing in massive numbers across much of the developing world.
September 19, 2024
Alberta’s Highest Court Jams Smith’s Coal Plans
Premier Danielle Smith’s efforts to revive a contentious open-pit coal mining project owned by the litigious Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart have met a major legal hurdle.
September 17, 2024
Urban futures, rural futures
Claims that existing (or augmented) patterns of urbanism are more pro-social and pro-nature than rural alternatives appeal to people’s contrarian nature. And since most people live in urban areas, especially in the rich countries, it also tells them what they want to hear…
September 16, 2024
Oil Kills: Inside the International Uprising Disrupting the Aviation Industry
The Oil Kills uprising and fellow movements around the world have placed their bodies between those tankers and our shared future to say, “here, and no further.”
September 12, 2024
The Great Unraveling
Environmental and social challenges are compounding to threaten the systems that support the world we know. What does this Great Unraveling mean for human civilization and the global ecosystem?