A new policy brief from Policy Analyst Sophie Loeb continues our exploration of energy utility structures outside of the investor-owned model, with a specific focus on electric cooperatives. The brief looks at the benefits of electric cooperatives, as well as needed reforms to make them an effective, equitable tool for advancing a just, clean energy transition. Learn more.
On February 24, the Center and the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network will host a webinar on tracking data centers and their land use through satellite imagery. The webinar will introduce an open-source pipeline to acquire, export, and process satellite images, as well as case studies that showcase the potential for this approach. Register today.
Updated October 2025: The Center for Progressive Reform and Governing for Impact are monitoring the Trump administration’s implementation of Project 2025, tracking the authoritarian blueprint’s executive action proposals across 20 federal agencies. Explore the tracker.
With the second Trump administration and the 119th Congress in power, the Center for Progressive Reform is defending our safeguards and standing up for our democracy. We’re also driving, supporting, and showcasing progress and positive developments on climate justice, environmental justice, a just energy transition, and more when and where they occur in the states. Learn more.
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Climate change threatens us all, but not equally. Historically marginalized communities and groups are at the greatest risk of harm from worsening floods, hurricanes, and fires. We’re developing policy and advocacy tools to advance just climate policies that protect and support all people and alleviate the disproportionate harms of climate change.
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Our government has a critical and legitimate role to play in ensuring our democracy flourishes and advancing justice and equity for all. Rebuilding our regulatory system — the process by which state and federal agencies implement laws — to make it more robust and inclusive is central to that vision.
James Goodwin | February 2, 2026
Trump Is Making It a Lot Easier for Polluters to Pollute
Brian Gumm, Bryan Dunning, Catalina Gonzalez, Federico Holm, James Goodwin, Sophie Loeb, Spencer Green | January 29, 2026
Center Staff Join National Shutdown, Issue Statement on Minneapolis and Beyond
Sophie Loeb | January 28, 2026
Advancing a Clean, Equitable Energy Transition through Alternatives to Investor-Owned Utilities
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