Climate United

🎧 Listen: Climate United CEO Beth Bafford joined Amir Kirkwood and Neda Arabshahi on the Next City podcast to explore how climate finance is pressing forward despite frozen federal funds.

Check out the full podcast hosted by Oscar Perry Abello ➡️ nextcity.org/podcast/a-fe...

In an era of skyrocketing energy costs, we need more of these projects, not less.

Catalytic clean energy projects like this in DeQueen, AR create value for local governments, school districts, & hard-working Americans. Federal funding freezes have slowed the capital flowing to energy infrastructure, but that won't stop us bringing benefits of clean power directly to communities.

Thank you to Antony Stately, Jackie Perez, Sam Olbekson, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for sharing their voices, and to Julio Cesar Obscura for capturing their stories

Climate United is proud to partner with organizations like NACC to support projects that save money, create jobs, and expand access to healthcare and affordable housing for Native communities across America.

Energy efficiency and renewable energy have the power to transform lives.
 
In Minneapolis, the Native American Community Clinic is going green to reduce energy costs and serve more community members in a healthy environment.

Thank you to the 40 members of Congress that signed on to an Amicus Brief supporting our petition for rehearing. Read the full brief: www.courtlistener.com/docket/69899...

Climate United Petitions for Rehearing from Full Appeals Court Circuit to Regain Access to Funds - News - Climate United Today, Climate United and other GGRF awardees filed a rehearing petition, appealing the recent decision from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court. The petition asks the full Circuit Court to ...

Read our official statement: weareclimateunited.org/news/climate...

Last night, Climate United & other GGRF awardees filed a rehearing petition, appealing the recent decision from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court. The petition argues that the panel erred in its ruling by dismissing Constitutional and APA claims, which warrants review by the full court.

Order Filed (CLERK) – #01208771611 in Climate United Fund v. Citibank, N.A. (D.C. Cir., 25-5122) – CourtListener.com CLERK'S ORDER [2132902] filed withholding issuance of the mandate. [25-5122, 25-5123] [Entered: 09/02/2025 10:50 AM]

We will continue to press on for communities across the country that stand to benefit from clean, abundant, and affordable energy.

Read the full opinion: www.courtlistener.com/docket/69899...

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. Court of Appeals just ruled in favor of EPA's efforts to claw back billions of GGRF dollars that were legally obligated and disbursed last year.

This is another hurdle in our fight to lower energy costs for the families and hardworking Americans who need it most.

How affordable housing can still go solar, despite Trump turbulence The Trump admin is trying to claw back funding for low-income solar, but projects can still save residents money if local financing fills in the gaps.

“Energy efficiency has been part of CPC’s approach for decades. It keeps rents down. It provides much better air quality and health outcomes. It creates resilience against storms. And yes, it addresses getting carbon out of the atmosphere.” - Sadie McKeown
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At a moment when energy costs are skyrocketing, Solar For All is projected to cut monthly energy bills for nearly one million rural, tribal and low-income households that need it most.

Fighting for America’s Moral Mandate: A Call-to-Action From a Young Climate Leader In the past six months, the Donald Trump administration has made staff, program, and budget cuts that leave rural, coastal, and frontline communities vulnerable. But communities aren’t giving up on th...

Our team at Climate United is not giving up on our vision of a cleaner, healthier future for all Americans.

Senior Officer Cameron Oglesby shares her story in @triplepundit.bsky.social on why this work matters. ⬇️
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They lost their jobs and funding under Trump. What did communities lose? We asked those affected by federal climate and environment cuts to reach out. Their stories illuminate how these losses are reverberating across the country.

Communities are paying the price for the EPA’s unlawful actions. Let’s work together to fill the gaps. 🤝

Read the Native Village of Port Heiden's story about how climate funding freezes are harming native Alaska communities counting on federal funds to lower energy costs.
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BREAKING: The House just passed the budget bill, which will increase the cost of electricity & kill millions of good paying jobs while slashing critical infrastructure investments, making communities more vulnerable & taking money out of the pockets of hardworking Americans that can least afford it.

After 30 years in operation, the modules are expected to produce more than 95% of the electricity they produced on their first day. The thousands of panels for this project were manufactured in Ohio, supporting local jobs and American innovation.

That means they can invest more in students, teachers, community programs, & critical infrastructure.

This project is also the first deployment of First Solar's new CuRe module which provides industry-leading durability.

☀️ We were honored to be a part of Scenic Hill Solar's ribbon cutting yesterday in De Queen, Arkansas! This project will generate affordable solar power for De Queen Public Schools & the local gov't that will save them over $2M in energy costs.

Thank you to @impactalpha.com for having our CEO Beth Bafford at last week's conversation on this moment in clean energy financing with Justice Climate Fund, @kresge.org, and New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC).

Big market gaps may leave 1/3 of Americans out of the clean energy transition. That's where we step in ➡️ Our strategy was built to unlock public and private capital to transform markets and improve lives across the country.

This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump's funding cuts. Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the community swap polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.

Our fight to unfreeze our funds isn't about us. It's about the people who are counting on clean energy to improve their lives. grist.org/indigenous/t...

This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump's funding cuts. Port Heiden is facing an energy crisis. A $300,000 grant from the EPA would have helped the community swap polluting diesel for cheaper, clean power.

The Native Village of Port Heiden is facing an extreme energy crisis. Just as affordable and reliable clean energy through the GGRF was within reach, the EPA illegally froze the funds — leaving Port Heiden and many communities like theirs in the dark.

☎️ @bethbaff.bsky.social of @climateunited.bsky.social, Justice Climate Fund’s Amir Kirkwood, NYCEEC’s Curtis Probst and others who are shaping a new market for green lending – even as litigation continues, Wednesday, June 11 at 10am PT / 1pm ET.

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Climate United was built to channel affordable capital from institutional investors to green projects – and still is The key insight behind Climate United’s investment strategy: The shift to domestically produced clean energy is inevitable – but who benefits from the ...

Read more from Beth Bafford about our plan to transform markets in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/climate-unit...

"We can change this market dynamic. To meet the complex needs of broken markets, we need multiple tools in the toolkit – diverse financial products, policy solutions, innovation, and expertise – to bring the right tool at the right time."

Climate United was built to channel affordable capital from institutional investors to green projects – and still is The key insight behind Climate United’s investment strategy: The shift to domestically produced clean energy is inevitable – but who benefits from the ...

"The nearly one-third of the US population that lives in communities that lack access to capital could miss out on the benefits of this transition. When a third of the country is locked out of the benefits of clean energy, it means the market is failing..."

In the first 6 months, the GGRF was on track to deliver $2.7B in cost savings across the country. Despite illegal attempts to stop this program, we're pressing on to provide affordable, accessible financing that American communities are counting on.

Energy costs are skyrocketing & American families are paying the price.

The solution? ➡️ Investing in clean energy and energy efficiency.

🚨NEW: A majority of voters — across party lines — support keeping the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. It's simple: delivering clean energy and jobs to communities across the country is popular; illegal attempts to derail the GGRF are not.

Read the full poll: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/5/...