Beyond Defense or Change: Environmental Groups in the Climate Crisis

Beyond Defense or Change: Environmental Groups in the Climate Crisis

The Defender’s Dilemma Environmental advocacy is experiencing an unprecedented moment. While scholars have long studied how movements evolve from challengers to defenders of institutional processes, today’s environmental groups face a unique challenge: they must simultaneously defend environmental protections while driving rapid transformative change to address climate change. This isn’t just about choosing between insider or…

New project looks at the role of nonprofits in the energy transition

The siting of new large-scale solar (and other types of renewable energy) facilities raise a host of issues and questions for communities and environmental organizations. For instance, how do environmental groups reconcile their mission-specific purposes with the potential impact of new facilitates? When and where do organizations decide to get involved? What is the relationship…