Disadvantaged communities typically are sited near power plants belching air pollutants. Clean energy infrastructure needs to address this.
With the clean energy transition, economically disadvantaged communities are wary that — again — their neighborhoods will be the location for big infrastructure projects. The concern is warranted, according to a 2024 study by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Thatconcludes more than 80% of existing energy infrastructure sits in neighborhoods that are low income and/or have a high percentage of people of color.
For the first time in our nation’s history, the US federal government has made it a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.
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