You have the power: how to electrify your home with new tax credits
Hundreds turned out for a workshop to learn how to take advantage of new tax credits to get a heat pump, go solar, buy an electric vehicles, weatherize their home and more.
Global warming solutions
A livable climate and a healthy future are possible if we work together to eliminate the pollution and practices warming our planet.
To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, from more powerful hurricanes to increased flooding and worsening wildfires, we need to work together to eliminate the pollution and practices warming our planet. That means taking collective action to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, transitioning to an electric vehicle future, and powering our lives with clean, renewable energy. And we can all do more to use less energy, and use it more efficiently. Fortunately, global warming solutions are all around us — we just need to use them.
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Pollution Free Cooking for the Holidays
I’ll have the turkey, hold the pollution
Updates
Members of Congress urge consumer safety agency to move swiftly to protect Americans from gas stove pollution
Schools in Los Angeles are using share tables to combat food waste
Featured Resources
Destination: Zero Carbon
“Chemical recycling”: What you need to know.
How federal tax credits can help you reduce energy waste in your home
How federal tax credits can help you get an electric vehicle
Did you know?
In the five minutes it takes to fill your gas tank, the U.S. government will give away over $190,000 in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry
What We're Doing
Our tax dollars shouldn't be propping up an industry that's contributing to the climate crisis. We're calling on Congress to end these subsidies.
The Latest
The Clean Energy Home Series (Part 1): What is a heat pump?
A series on how to electrify your home and transition to appliances that can run on renewable energy
Are gas stoves bad for the climate?
The climate enemy you didn’t realize was hiding in your kitchen.
Progress Report: President Biden’s First Year
Following years of rollbacks, President Joe Biden began his term nearly a year ago amidst unprecedented environmental and public health challenges. Despite these obstacles, his administration has made significant strides toward restoring lost environmental protections and confronting daunting threats to our climate and public health, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund.
How to reduce your foodprint for your 2022 New Year’s resolution
Many of us use this time of year to reflect on what we want to do differently in the year ahead. One resolution that could really help the planet? Reducing your foodprint.
Save Rooftop Solar
Earlier this week the California Public Utility Committee proposed a rule change that could devestate rooftop solar. The new rule, NEM3.0, would assess a monthly solar penalty fee to all solar and storage customers, slash net metering credit by 80% and reduce the agreed upon billing structure for existing solar customers. Today, participants had one minute to voice their response at the CPUC meeting. Here is my statement:
Team
Casale
Matt
Casale
Director, Environment Campaigns, PIRG
Engstrom
Jenn
Engstrom
State Director, CALPIRG Education Fund
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Managing Director, Frontier Group; Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network