Spelman College has received a $2M grant from the @DeptofDefense to establish the Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM. The Center is the first of its kind & will serve as the hub for all STEM research & training activities at the College. bit.ly/SpelDODSTEM

While students are required to homeschool, 17,000 students in Oakland don’t have a laptop or WiFi. The TechExchange is working on it, please consider joining the work by donating, sharing this or volunteering with them. techexchange.org/bay-area-acces…

The pandemic has changed what home buyers want. Look for his and her Zoom rooms for videoconference meetings. on.barrons.com/2XVQXoX

BREAKING: E4TheFuture and E2 report shows how #CleanEnergy stimulus can create 860K full-time jobs for at least 5 years, add $330 billion to U.S. economy. bit.ly/CleanEnergySti…

Stimulus investment in #energyefficiency would create more jobs than the populations of Boston, Nashville, or Detroit! New report via E4TheFuture and E2. bit.ly/CleanEnergySti…

Retrofitting low-income Californians' homes & apts w/ efficient, clean electric appliances will create jobs, improve health, provide the AC needed for rising temps, lock in monthly savings, & make housing safer & more comfortable. @CHPCnews panama bartholomy bit.ly/2Z7Sk4D

"I’m big on data. And lately, the data hasn’t been very good for people like me." READ Mark Hall (Revalue.io founder) on why #cleanenergy can jumpstart America's reckoning w/ racial inequity, bring economic opportunities to people of color. morningconsult.com/opinions/rebui…

As the US "seeks to heal from the combined pain of racism, the pandemic, record unemployment & climate change, our leaders...must recognize these problems are connected." - Mark Hall (Revalue.io) on how #cleanenergy can be part of the solution morningconsult.com/opinions/rebui…

Rich GlobalCapital piece on the UK's prospective green infrastructure bank - but nothing on it issuing #greenbonds?! Just E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism's admittedly appealing idea of it offering retail buyers debt 'backed by a portfolio of assets, some near them geographically' globalcapital.com/article/b1mpm0…

"our communities have never been in a better situation to be the solution to our own problems" -- Mark Hall via Morning Consult

Want to better understand the connection between #racism #economy #ClimateChange #cleanenergy (and the need for Congress to act to #BuildBackBetter ? Read this piece by E2 member and Revalue.io founder Mark Hall: morningconsult.com/opinions/rebui…

Residents rally to expand free Internet for virtual learning bit.ly/3gse3dS #education #govtech

Every Tuesday in East Oakland, @HomieEmpower members & more than 30 volunteers gather to distribute free hot meals, fresh produce, and other essentials to the community through their Freedom Store: bit.ly/2P3YkWl #EastOakland #Community

Food for thought - companies are not dropping the #sustainability ball in 2020. CDP has recorded 24% jump in # of companies asking suppliers to report #environmental data. Pandemic & economic fallout had shown the importance of #supplychain #resilience bit.ly/3fwv5pJ

Great campaign from Make My Money Matter calling on all pension providers to commit to Net Zero. If Nest can do it, why not the rest? That’s why I’m telling my pension provider to be a #NetZeroHero, and so can you at makemymoneymatter.co.uk/net-zero/

“Peninsula Clean Energy and San Jose Clean Energy, community choice aggregators that procure power for 1.7 million people in the San Francisco Bay area, plan to seek enough renewable energy for roughly 200,000 homes.” spglobal.com/marketintellig…

“Do you want to divest or do you want to engage with companies and push for change? Both are OK. You just need to be consistent,” says @YourErikaKarp on pressuring companies + municipalities to operate more equitably. nytimes.com/2020/07/03/you…

From Heather Clancy + greentechlady.bsky.social, Microsoft’s new goal to link at least 500 megawatts of forthcoming solar energy contracts to environmental justice considerations is bold for many reasons. grn.bz/MSg

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