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The fight for energy justice

Renewable energy in the form of community and rooftop solar can bring relief to people who are disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, and rising energy prices. Many groups are working hard to open up access to solar and the recently passed US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has a plan, backed by generous funding, reports pv magazine USA senior editor Anne Fischer.

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Anne Fischer

08 Dec 2022

Energy justice seeks to correct damage done to people in low-income communities which have long suffered from fossil fuel pollution near their homes, lack of access to renewables-driven affordable electricity, climate change, and more. The concept is broadly referred to as environmental justice. But that term casts a much wider net, to include cross-cutting issues …

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