Gas stoves – they’ve been all over the news in recent months, due in part to new research published in December of 2022 attributing 12.7% of childhood asthma in the US to gas stove use. A whirlwind of media coverage followed, from NPR to Architectural Digest, as folks jumped into Read more…
Happy May, Midwest BDC! We’re welcoming in May (and hopefully warmer weather soon!) with open arms. Mother’s Day is coming up on May 14th and is a time to celebrate and honor the mothers and mother figures in our lives. It is also an opportunity to reflect on our relationship with Mother Earth, who has given us everything we Read more…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s new Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) program has been tasked with distributing three billion dollars of Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grants from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). When the IRA was passed and information and intentions for the pot of money were announced, many Read more…
Happy April, Midwest BDC! Spring is finally here, and along with it comes Earth Day on April 22nd. This is a time of year when lots of people and organizations focus on what they can do to help our planet, work towards lessening the impacts of climate change, and spend Read more…
Greetings Midwest BDC! March is finally here – and hopefully, we will all be seeing signs of Spring soon. Even though springtime weather is typically full of warmer days, sunshine, and occasional thunderstorms, our weather patterns continue to change and include more severe events due to climate change. Just this past week, we saw a storm sweep across the Read more…
To align the Coalition’s work with Justice40 and the Climate Funder’s Justice Pledge, Midwest BDC has committed 40 percent of its annual budget to re-granting work, either through Participation Stipends for our Coalition Members or through our Empowerment Grants.
Author: James Trice, Co-Leader of the MWBDC Federal Policy Working Group As we embark on the 53rd celebration of Black History month – first proposed in 1969 and first celebrated in 1970 – passed by the US Congress in 1986, we are met with the harsh reality that anti-blackness still Read more…
Greetings Midwest BDC! We have had a busy start to 2023 here in the Coalition! In January, we hosted our Annual Meeting, where we spent a day together discussing the norms and priorities we want to carry into 2023, as well as voting on our Inaugural Board of Directors. As always, it was a productive Read more…
❄️ Greetings Midwest BDC! Welcome to December, when we are welcoming in the Holiday season and colder winter weather. We hope that you all are able to spend this time celebrating the wins of 2022, relaxing with family and friends, and recharging. Our mission to ensure affordable, healthy, and environmentally sound heating for our Read more…
Greetings Midwest BDC! Welcome to November – where this week we are celebrating the successes of the 2022 MWBDC Equity Summit! On November 2 – 4, over 150 folks tuned in to participate in workshops, panel discussions, data dives, and roundtables – at no cost to them. It was a powerful three days, full Read more…