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In this week’s climate justice newsletter, we focus on the relationships between energy justice and community well-being. We begin with Chris Benner’s and Manuel Pastor’s piece on lithium extraction in California’s Salton Sea—one of the world’s largest geothermal reservoirs—and efforts to ensure that potential windfall profits benefit local communities, not just private investors. Next, we turn to Jonathan Castillo Polanco’s and Ruth Santiago’s piece on community-based efforts to remake Puerto Rico’s power grid in order to ensure a steady supply of clean energy. We also revisit Al Weinrub’s critique of an energy transition that relies on remote energy sources and Wall Street financing. Finally, we invite you to take a look at NPQ’s new job posting for a Climate Justice Senior Editor.
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