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Want to protect our climate? Let Indigenous communities take the lead
In a new report released this week, we investigate four case studies — both domestic and abroad — of Indigenous Led Conservation (ILC), which enables Indigenous people to serve as decision-makers, advisors, and direct stewards of the land. These are just some of the more than 800 Indigenous-led efforts to combat climate change in the U.S. alone over the past decade.
The report also includes policy recommendations for how we can employ ILC as a tool to address climate change in the U.S. Read the full report here.
Voters want a Reliable Clean Energy Economy
Right now, rising energy prices are a top concern for voters. According to our polling with Climate Power, 87% of voters are either very or somewhat concerned about rising energy prices. Still, even amid rising concern about energy prices, voters overwhelmingly support investments to transition to clean energy and are supportive of Build Back Better’s key clean energy proposals.
Voters also agree by a +36-point margin that we should be investing in domestic clean energy production rather than continuing to rely on fossil fuels.
Progressive Prosecutors are Leading the Charge to Reimagine Public Safety
Local prosecutors have an incredible amount of power in their communities and have long used that power to increase charges and sentencing in a way that’s had a negative impact on their communities — especially in communities of color. As a result of this issue, there’s a growing number of prosecutors who have begun to reimagine public safety in ways that reduce the use of prosecution and incarceration, create more effective and less destructive accountability strategies, end racial disparities, and address the drivers of criminal behavior as well as the needs of those most impacted by crime.
We surveyed 19 of these reform-focused prosecutors to identify their thoughts on approaches to safety, changes to the system, and goals for the future. Read more of our analysis here.
Voters Want the Government to Regulate Social Media Companies
Turns out voters don’t want social media companies to continue to negatively impact their lives and the world overall — who would’ve thought? Amid reports that social media is negatively impacting the mental and physical health of users as well as contributing to misinformation, and that some of these companies are aware of these problems, voters want the government to do something about it.
Our polling finds that voters want the government to create new rules and standards for social media companies to “discourage” the spread of misinformation online by a +50-point margin. This includes Independents by a +48-point margin and Republicans by a +26-point margin. Voters also support the federal government creating new rules and standards for social media companies to better protect children online by a +64-point margin, including Independents by a +61-point margin and Republicans by a +52-point margin.
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