The Department of Energy released a long-waited study on the economic and environmental impacts of gas exports. The study showed that continued rise of gas exports could raise domestic gas prices, increase global GHG emissions, and negatively affect communities who live by the terminals. President Biden initiated the study in January 2024 when a pause was issued for approvals of new gas export...
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) issued a report showing the shrinking role of the petrochemical industry in Louisiana’s economy. While oil, gas and petrochemicals accounted for a third of the state’s GDP at the turn of the century, it now makes up just 14%.
Last month, California filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil, the world’s largest producer of single-use plastic polymers, for plastic recycling fraud. ExxonMobil orchestrated a 50-year deceptive campaign that falsely promoted recycling as a solution to plastic waste, driving increased consumption of single-use plastics and fueling the global plastic pollution crisis. The...
DPI Fund partner PICO California, a faith-based organizing network that operates nine federations across the state, was featured in an article in Axios highlighting its work to shift focus in the political ecosystem away from partisan battles toward solving local problems faced by the Latino community. PICO California’s outreach and civic engagement work is rooted in public opinion...
RFF grantee, the Center for Climate Integrity, released an explosive report revealing that Big Oil and the plastics industry have been deceiving the public about the recyclability of plastics for over 50 years and are responsible for the current plastic pollution crisis. From the outset, petrochemical companies knew that recycling single-use plastic was both physically and financially...
Last month, RFF-grantee, Earthrights, the organization representing the City and County of Boulder, Colorado in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and two Suncor entities, successfully defeated the defendants’ motions to dismiss the lawsuit. This important ruling by the Boulder Court allows the lawsuit to proceed toward discovery and trial. You can find the full ruling ...
Last year, The Century Foundation published a report on the child care cliff as a result of the expiration of ARPA child care stabilization funds. Last week, Julie Kashen and Laura Valle-Gutierrez released a new follow-up report that looks at how families, early childhood educators, and policymakers are grappling with the fallout from the child care cliff. In this report, TCF dives deep at the...
RFF Senior Advisor Bakeyah Nelson refuted criticism of “virtue signaling” by organizations that decline investments from fossil fuel companies, writing in the Houston Chronicle: “The oil and gas industry is certainly aware of its negative public image amid ongoing revelations about its disinformation and climate-denial campaigns throughout the past 40 years. In response, these...
RFF's climate work realized a breakthrough when Vermont passed the first climate superfund law in the nation to make polluters pay for the damage and adaptation costs caused by their greenhouse gas emissions. It is an important step to address environmental responsibility and could set a precedent for other states to follow suit.
RFF’s director authored this guest essay...
A new coordinated funder collaborative aims to strengthen local child care systems and increase access to high-quality, affordable child care.
The Rockefeller Family Fund, through the Economic Justice for Women (EJW) program, has signed on to a new philanthropic partnership that aims to leverage federal infrastructure funding to strengthen local child care ecosystems in...