Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution

Melanie J. La Rosa is a filmmaker and professor of media production at Pace University.

• Table of ContentsChapter1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Front Lines of the Clean Energy Revolution: The BeginningChapter 3: Atlantic City, NJ: Mixed Generation and Offshore Wind Chapter 4: New York, NY: Green New Deal Chapter 5: Colchester, Vermont: Green Mountain PowerChapter 6: Salinas, Puerto Rico: Solar for SurvivalChapter 7: Isabela, Puerto Rico: Design for SurvivalChapter 8: La Riviera, Puerto Rico: Resilient InfrastructureChapter 9: Highland Park, MI: Solar Powered Streetlights and Community Activism Chapter 10: Las Vegas, Nevada: Reaching 100% Renewable Energy Chapter 11: The End. Or, Another Beginning?

The time is long past to put shovels in the ground and build the energy infrastructure and energy future we want and need. Using a solutions journalism approach, Communities and the Clean Energy Revolution documents the stories of pioneers in the transition to clean energy who are bringing clean energy projects to life in their communities. By deftly adjusting its lens from the high level policy landscape to specific people, places and projects (Queremos Sol, Ruth Santiago, Blue Planet Energy, Soulardarity), the book renders the policies and concepts of the energy transition--prosumer, energy democracy, distributed generation--tangible and accessible, allowing readers to "see" the pathologies of the existing energy system as well as the actions that can change it.