🟩Energy Conservation & Climate-Smart Energy
A ranked guide to organizations supporting renewable energy, decarbonization, and energy justice.
Progressive energy advocacy is about protecting the planet, supporting sustainable communities, and holding industries and governments accountable.
Many of their websites offer practical action guides, legislative updates, community-based toolkits, clean energy campaigns, and opportunities to take local or national action.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
A leader in promoting energy efficiency, clean energy transitions, and carbon pollution reduction. Offers detailed policy analysis and actionable campaigns.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Combines science, economics, and law to advocate for energy innovation and climate solutions across political lines. Provides ways for activists to push market-based clean energy strategies.
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
An influential think tank driving systems-based approaches to clean, equitable energy. Offers solutions-based reports and collaborates with governments and businesses.
Focuses on electrifying everything—homes, cars, communities—to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Offers practical tools like home electrification calculators and policy advocacy kits.
Sierra Club – Clean Energy Campaign
One of the oldest environmental groups, it runs bold grassroots campaigns like "Ready for 100""It's to push cities toward 100% renewable energy.
Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA)
Focuses on energy justice, ensuring low-income communities can access energy-saving housing upgrades. Supports local partnerships and equity-centered advocacy.
Mobilizes people around the world to oppose fossil fuel expansion and promote renewable alternatives. Its campaigns are action-oriented and global in scope.
Promotes bipartisan policy and business solutions for maximizing energy productivity. Offers reports and updates on federal legislation and efficiency programs.
ACEEE – American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Provides highly respected research and scorecards on state and national energy efficiency. Trusted by advocates, lawmakers, and planners.
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Champions environmental and energy justice in frontline communities. Offers community organizing tools and campaigns with a focus on equity.
Top Issues
Building Electrification: Phasing out gas appliances and switching to efficient electric systems in homes and buildings to cut carbon emissions.
Grid Modernization & Energy Storage: Upgrading the power grid to support renewable energy, improve resilience, and expand battery storage.
Energy Justice & Affordability: Ensuring all communities—especially low-income and marginalized groups—benefit from clean energy and efficiency upgrades.
Clean Power Generation: Promoting solar, wind, geothermal, and other renewable sources to replace fossil fuels.
Efficiency Standards & Incentives: Advocating for stronger appliance, vehicle, and building efficiency policies and expanding financial incentives to adopt them.
Fossil Fuel Phase-Out: Opposing the expansion of pipelines, drilling, and coal plants while advocating for managed, just transitions.
Workforce Development & Green Jobs: Expanding training and job opportunities in clean energy, with a special focus on equitable access.
Climate-Smart Transportation: Supporting energy-efficient public transit, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and electric vehicle policies.
Local Energy Resilience: Empowering communities to develop their own solar microgrids and community energy systems.
Federal & State Policy Action: Supporting bold legislative and regulatory action that mandates clean energy standards and investment.