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By Aiko Schaefer This month marks our 5th anniversary. What a roller coaster it has been! Just Solutions began amid a once-in-a-generation pandemic, escalating climate impacts, and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. I, along with our board, believing in the power of communities and self-determination, began working
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By Rich Stolz One year into President Trump’s second term, there is a breathtaking attack on fundamental civil liberties underway in Minnesota. The public outcry over the killings of two protestors by immigration agents has forced a reckoning about the strategy and tactics being used in Trump’s mass
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By Brandon Dawson Across the US, communities are facing fast-moving energy affordability crises while navigating an increasingly complex policy landscape. Yet many solutions already exist, developed through the organizing, advocacy, and ingenuity of communities across the country. Now more than ever, it is critical to leverage what we know works
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Join us for Season 3 of the Just Solutions Podcast! This season we are bringing you relevant and personable conversations with guests to make sense of what is going on in and around the US, in particular the impacts of the federal attacks and rollbacks, and what people are doing
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By Crystal Bernard Across Michigan, community groups have been doing what they have always done: organizing, creating, and caring for one another in the face of crisis. From Detroit to Marquette, local environmental justice leaders have been turning federal investments into tangible neighborhood projects. Michiganders have shown they are ready
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By Brandon Dawson Just Solutions recently hosted our first National Energy Affordability Convening, a two-day virtual strategy space that brought together more than 20 leaders from state-based climate justice coalitions and organizations across California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Together, we explored how to make energy affordable, reliable,
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An analysis of which states will be hardest hit and the financial impact By Elena Krieger, PhD. As the federal shutdown continues into its second month, households across the country are facing a looming crisis with uncertain funding for food and heating assistance—just as the weather is turning cold.
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By Sylvia Chi On September 22, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) closed its comment period for its proposal to rescind the “endangerment finding,” a scientific determination issued by the agency in 2009 enabling it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. EPA proposed rescinding the endangerment finding on July
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By Elena Krieger, PhD. States face an urgent need to address energy costs—and to do so in a lasting way that ensures long-term bill savings and continues to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Across the country, households are struggling to pay for mounting energy bills. Georgia
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By Arjun Makhijani, PhD Unaffordable energy bills impact all of society—including those who can afford to regularly pay their own bills. The direct impacts of unaffordable energy for families experiencing economic stress include ill-health, hunger, utility shutoffs and even evictions because of their inability to pay all the monthly
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By Jennifer Moon, PhD. & Brandon Dawson States and localities are leading the way towards holding fossil fuel interests accountable for the climate damage they cause. They are sending a message that communities will not bear the costs for the harm caused by others. Whether it’s through legislation related
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Electricity Price Increases Hit Some Regions Harder Than Others—But Methane Gas Has Gone up Nearly Everywhere By Elena Krieger, PhD. Across the U.S., households are struggling to afford rising electricity and methane gas bills, but some regions are facing much more dramatic price increases than others. Countrywide, average