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While #ClimateWeekNYC is happening, we’re on the While #ClimateWeekNYC is happening, we’re on the ground in Kansas City, on the frontlines, speaking up for the future we need — one that centers community solutions, public health, and climate justice . Communities must have a meaningful role in decisions about energy storage, data centers, and other large-scale infrastructure. Battery energy storage can play an important role in supporting grid reliability and managing some of the costs and stresses associated with rapidly growing electricity demand. But that does not mean every battery project is appropriate everywhere. That is why RiSE4EJ is involved because we know projects cannot be evaluated in isolation from the broader planning failures that have historically placed the burden of proof on communities with the least political and economic power. A rushed approach, whether driven by industry, large institutions, or well-resourced organizations seeking to accelerate development, it will create a two fold problem: communities left without the information or resources needed to evaluate projects, while developers move forward without clear, enforceable standards. The result can be hazardous planning that perpetuates the very environmental injustices climate policy is supposed to address. There are different scales of battery energy storage systems, and they are not all designed or operated the same way. That is precisely why we need strong, enforceable guardrails before projects are approved, not after harm occurs. We cannot allow battery storage to become another pathway for sacrificing frontline communities in the name of the energy transition. Who benefits from this transition, who bears the risks, and who gets a meaningful voice in the decisions? If the green climate movement is serious about climate justice, then the resources and attention that have historically supported campaigns against coal and other fossil-fuel infrastructure must also reach the grassroots organizations and frontline communities shaping what comes next. @climatejusticeradio_org @ewiseepeople @caroline_shults @carlosrramos7 @haswoodforks @otebMtz
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