the Sustainable Renewable Energy initiative
just good renewables
SIGN OUR PETITION!
Secretary Raphael Lotilla
Department of Energy
The just transition to renewable energy will pull the world back from the brink of climate catastrophe.
But not all energy sources are created equal.
Good renewables harness the power of the sun and wind (and water, for micro hydro) while leaving minimal harm on the environment. Paired with principles of justice, good renewables are the future of power generation.
We urge the Department of Energy to
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Scale up government support for and increase the share of sustainable renewable energy or good renewables in the country’s power generation mix while
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Promoting justice in energy transition by ensuring that communities, including women,
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are consulted on RE projects;
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enjoy a share of profits and in the electricity generated by a project; and
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can file complaints against RE corporations which commit violations.
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RE projects must not also harm the environment.
The world needs to shift to renewable energy
to arrest climate catastrophe.
But harnessing renewable energy sources poses its own set of challenges in the generation of power.
Join the movement and sign our petition below, for the government to embrace good renewables!
What is sustainable renewable energy?
Renewability accounts for the rate an energy source replenishes itself. Under this category, wind and solar qualify as renewable sources, while coal does not.
Sustainability factors in the net environment and social impacts of renewable energy projects. Some of these sources are, in fact, considered pseudo renewables because of their outsize negative environmental and social footprint. Liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and large-scale hydro typify pseudo renewables. Projects involving these energy sources are typically capital intensive, require massive tracts of land, produce high levels of pollutants, endanger biodiversity or displace communities.
Sustainable renewable energy or simply “good renewables” are thus primary renewable energy sources for electricity that harness the wind and sun while leaving minimal environmental and social impacts.
SRE Explainer Series
Social media influencers and LGBT advocates Bong Gonzales and NatCloutchasingTechnology break down what a just energy transition means in this wacky Tiktok series. Watch the four-part series.
