The California Green Manufacturing Initiative is not just energy legislation: it is an affordability, climate, and union job strategy that would deliver billions in savings to ratepayers. Read more here! climateandcommunity.org/research/a-n...
The benefits are enormous: by stabilizing the supply chain and lowering equipment costs, our research shows that California ratepayers could save up to $200 billion cumulatively over the next 25 years and develop thousands of direct union manufacturing jobs.
The California Grid Manufacturing Initiative would facilitate statewide planning for grid needs and leverage bulk procurement to bring down prices. If needed, it could also incentivize or enter joint venture agreements with CA manufacturers to meet needs.
The need for transmission upgrades to accommodate an electrified economy grows daily, but delays are holding back renewable & storage projects and sharp component price increases are over-burdening working class Californiansâ electric bills.
Our new report with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social demonstrates the benefits of the California Green Manufacturing Initiative, pro-worker green industrial policy legislation to take on rising prices and bottlenecks in a critical industry for our future: the electric grid.
NB: The CGMI would add 12,000 sustained, full-time employment jobs, including 4600 jobs in grid equipment manufacturing. Read the full report here for details: climateandcommunity.org/research/a-n...
Itâs time for a New Era for Public Manufacturing. Read our full report with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social here: climateandcommunity.org/research/a-n...
By planning ahead, coordinating procurement, and empowering in-state manufacturing, our research shows that California ratepayers could save up to $200 billion cumulatively over the next 25 years and develop thousands of direct manufacturing jobs.
The California Grid Manufacturing Initiative (AB 2516, Assembly Member Petrie-Norris) takes on these challenges on both the supply and demand fronts:
CA ratepayers are facing a cost-of-living crisis. Backlogs, long delays, and rising prices for critical grid components drive up costs and slow the deployment of renewables in the state.
NEW: Report with @uawregion6.bsky.social and @bluegreenalliance.bsky.social shows how the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative can lower bills, bring green union jobs, and accelerate climate progress. This would deliver:
- 12k union jobs
- $200B cumulative savings by 2050
- rapid climate action
Listen back to @pmbigger.bsky.social on @npr.org discussing the environmental costs of war đ
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âTrump truly believes that the US is entitled to whatever resource it so desires ... itâs a real âmight-makes-rightâ logic that is both abhorrent and spectacularly miscalculated.â
@pmbigger.bsky.social quoted in @theguardian.com đ
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Our analysis, shared exclusively with @theguardian.com, shows that the brutal assault on Iran released 5m tonnes of CO2 in the first two weeks.
The environmental consequences of this war will last for decades to come. Read the full article here:
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really important analysis from @cplusc.bsky.social âŹïž
terrifying how quickly we are going in the wrong direction on all fronts
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Our analysis, shared exclusively with @theguardian.com, shows that the brutal assault on Iran released 5m tonnes of CO2 in the first two weeks.
The environmental consequences of this war will last for decades to come. Read the full article here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
"We need to put democratic planning of our gridâand economyâon the agenda."
Hear, hear!!
This outstanding essay is by Winston Yau of @cplusc.bsky.social:
The attack on Iran will reinforce fossil fuel firm power and lock in long-term extraction that enriches the beneficiaries of the Trump adminâs omnicidal strategy. Because the the global economy still depends on fossil fuels, workingâclass people will suffer the most. www.break-down.org/oil-war-ii/
electrified public transit, heat pumps, home weatherization all make life easy for people and hard for fossil capital. here's some recs from @cplusc.bsky.social
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Read CCIâs policy experts in this @thenation.com piece by @sarahlazare.bsky.social on why the US spending trillions not on mitigation or reducing emissions, but expanding the military and its resource grabs is bad climate policy that will worsen the climate crisis. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
Here's the @jacobinmag.bsky.social where he breaks down exactly how Trump's proposals work and how much states stand to lose: jacobin.com/2026/02/trum...
ICYMI: Watch our Transportation and Policy Manager Emmett Hopkins on @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social talking about how Trump's threats to cut transit funding will hurt both red and blue states: www.youtube.com/live/dCT9DSr...
A massive social housing investment in Queens could create modern green homes for the working class, spark green careers across construction sectors, and build resilient green energy networks to support the community. A triple win for housing, labor, & innovation.
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In NYC, housing affordability hinges on housing quality & readiness for a changing climate. W/@nycpolicyforum.bsky.social, we lay out a framework for a public retrofit program to deliver whole home repairs at scale for both affordability and habitability nycpolicyforum.substack.com/cp/189267002
"Green New Scam":The right blames the GND for everything from immigration to trade as an excuse to go all in on FFs, which will keep polluting the planet and destabilizing the economy. An agenda that tackles affordability and climate can win: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/affordabil...
"Ratepayer Pledge": Trump admitted that the US grid can't power data centers as is, so they'll bring their own energy. But an uncoordinated, market-based approach makes people pay higher utility bills for private benefit: dataforclimateprogress.substack.com/cp/177588181
"Drill, baby, drill": Trump boasted about how much oil the US is getting fsince its illegal invasion of Venezuela in January. Doubling down on fossil fuels will create record amounts of pollution and make the world less stable. Read more here: climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/trumps-ill...
During last night's SOTU, we heard that Dems and the "Green New Scam" are making working people's lives worse. But Trump's plans and promises are *actually* what's making life more expensive and more dangerous. Here are three reasons why:đ
When voters are asked to rank abstract issues against each other, âclimateâ seems to lose to âcost of living.â But the real question is whether voters want policies that tackle the climate crisis while delivering material benefits. The evidence says yes. substack.com/home/post/p-...