Climate and Community Institute

Climate disasters are getting costlier while the Trump administration guts disaster response. Congress should move money out of ICE and into FEMA to keep communities safe. Our proposal: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/rerout...

Meanwhile, ICE—which 50 percent of Americans want to abolish, and ran on a $6 billion annual budget 10 years ago—has roughly $100 billion in unused funding provided through budget reconciliation. That funding doesn’t have to stay with the agency.

Climate disasters are getting costlier while the Trump administration guts disaster response. Congress should move money out of ICE and into FEMA to keep communities safe. Our proposal: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/rerout...

Community Health Centers serve one in ten US residents, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act hobbled Medicaid with hundreds of billions in cuts, endangering both CHCs and their patients. Read our analysis and recommendations to supercharge CHCs below 🩺

We propose using reconciliation to double the unsustainable budget of the Community Health Center Fund from $4.6B to $9.2B, on two conditions: 1️⃣ Free care for patients under 200% of the poverty line, including dental and mental health 2️⃣ Solar and battery storage for CHCs most exposed to blackouts.

Community Health Centers serve one in ten US residents, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act hobbled Medicaid with hundreds of billions in cuts, endangering both CHCs and their patients. Read our analysis and recommendations to supercharge CHCs below 🩺

Nearly 48 million people in the US are food insecure, and Congress just cut SNAP by 20 percent. It's time to restore and expand food assistance for everyone who needs it. Our thoughts below 🍏

We propose increasing SNAP spending by 25 percent to help address food insecurity while raising the income cap to 400 percent of the poverty line. Investments in SNAP more than pay for themselves. Details:

Nearly 48 million people in the US are food insecure, and Congress just cut SNAP by 20 percent. It's time to restore and expand food assistance for everyone who needs it. Our thoughts below 🍏

A warming climate is making people sicker as drug prices soar. Expanding government-negotiated drug prices to everyone could save households, businesses, and taxpayers hundreds of billions. More below 💊

We’re proposing a three-pronged approach to lower drug prices for everyone: 1️⃣ Negotiate prices for 50 or more drugs each year 2️⃣ Extend publicly negotiated prices to everyone 3️⃣ Extend the IRA’s inflation rebate to the commercial market

A warming climate is making people sicker as drug prices soar. Expanding government-negotiated drug prices to everyone could save households, businesses, and taxpayers hundreds of billions. More below 💊

Extreme heat is making homes dangerous while electricity bills soar. A $35 billion Cool Homes Program would get working families the cooling they need at little or no cost. Read more below 🌡️

Nearly 20 percent of low-income households have no cooling at all, more than twice the rate of high-income households. This is dangerous: Heat related deaths rose 50 percent from 2000-2020. But staying cool is getting more expensive.

One in six households is behind on their power bills. A $20 billion federal program could erase that debt and push utilities to tackle the root causes of rising prices. Read more below ⚡️

Working people are struggling with an affordability crisis as climate change makes life more expensive, difficult, and unstable. 🧵

Decarbonizing the economy will be a long-term process, but people need help in the here and now. Immediate relief is not only about putting money back in people’s pockets, it can also be a whole-of-economy approach that deals with how environmental instability shows up in everyday life.

Working people are struggling with an affordability crisis as climate change makes life more expensive, difficult, and unstable. 🧵

To meet this moment, we've created policy proposals to take on climate and economic issues at the same time. These policies can deliver immediate relief across the spectrum of everyday life in the areas where people are intensely feeling the effects of the climate crisis.

Working people are struggling with an affordability crisis as climate change makes life more expensive, difficult, and unstable. 🧵

For #WeekWithoutDriving, we published a report showing that car dependence is a burden for people across the US, draining household budgets and leaving drivers feeling trapped. A few key findings with @dataforprogress.org:

73 percent of drivers say they have no choice but to drive as much as they do, and 53 percent want more transportation options.

For #WeekWithoutDriving, we published a report showing that car dependence is a burden for people across the US, draining household budgets and leaving drivers feeling trapped. A few key findings with @dataforprogress.org:

Around 2 in 5 Americans say that they sometimes, often, or always have to make significant adjustments to their spending to afford transportation.

For #WeekWithoutDriving, we published a report showing that car dependence is a burden for people across the US, draining household budgets and leaving drivers feeling trapped. A few key findings with @dataforprogress.org: