Justice 40 Policy Lab

The Executive Order for Tackling the Climate Crisis (14008) establishes a procedural policy, Justice 40, that applies principles of recognition and distributive equity to hundreds of federal policies and programs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) implementation of the policy requires applicants produce a community benefit plan with four major components: assessment of job impacts; environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions; assessment of the fraction of benefits reaching disadvantaged communities; and level of community participation along with advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Participants in the lab will produce prototypes that can be adapted at multiple levels of jurisdiction. First class meeting in AY22-23 will be Tuesday of Week 2. Enrollment limited; preference given to graduate students. Undergraduates should contact instructor for permission to enroll.