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Strengthening Communities and Shifting Power in Pursuit of a Just Transition
2019 cohort from the Just Energy Academy. Cosco Jones, a sustainability consultant, is pictured third from the left, second row.
Photo from Partnership for Southern Equity
How two grassroots, BIPOC-led coalitions are helping to democratize the climate justice space.
Feb 10, 2021
Cosco Jones is all about making good trouble. For this sustainability consultant, that means protesting Georgia Power—the largest subsidiary of the biggest energy provider in the United States—raising their monthly fees and imposing a mandatory fee on all ratepayers. In the city of Atlanta, the median energy burden (how much of a household’s income is spent on energy bills) is 3.5%. But for low income residents, the burden stands at 9.7%. That’s the third highest in the nation. And Black communities in the city spend up to three times more of their income on energy costs than White households.