The 2019 U.S. Energy and Employment Report
“The USEER 2019 US Energy Employment Report provides a unique window on the people who meet the nation’s energy needs, and identifies important trends and skill sets for the 21st Century energy workforce. Energy Futures Initiative, a not-for-profit clean energy think tank led by former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and the National Association of …
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Environmental activism can be lonely for people of color.
A more inclusive Global Climate Action Summit can stop us from ‘losing Earth’
Nathaniel Rich has driven much of the summer’s national conversation on climate change with his blockbuster New York Times Magazine piece, “Losing Earth.” Sprawling over more than 66 pages and drawing on more than 18 months of research, Rich tackles the failure of efforts 30 years ago to tackle global warming. It’s masterful as a …
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Environmental Justice & Local Activism, A Conversation With NAACP Leader Jacqui Patterson
Danielle Deane-Ryan Joins the Nathan Cummings Foundation as Director, Inclusive Clean Economy
NEW YORK – The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that Danielle Deane-Ryan will join the Foundation as director of the Inclusive Clean Economy focus area. Deane-Ryan brings more than two decades of experience shaping advocacy and communications strategies, directing philanthropic investments, and leading equity and inclusion innovation in the clean energy sector. In her new …
The U.S. has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. Now What?
Dear Colleagues: We are deeply disappointed by the President’s decision to withdraw the United States from the global climate agreement. The truth is that more than 3 million people currently work in the clean energy industry, and it is one of the fastest growing sectors in the U.S. economy. In fact, clean energy jobs surpass …
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Highlights and Reflections
Dear Grantees and Colleagues, Today marks the close of my first month as the President of the Nathan Cummings Foundation. I started days after the attacks in Paris and the shooting of five Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Minneapolis. As I sat down at my desk for the first time I was drawn to the …