Joanna Underwood

Founder and Trustee, Energy Vision

"The transition to a low-carbon future requires finding practical strategies that work — and the will to put them into policy."

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Renewable Natural Gas Climate Policy Pollution Prevention Clean Energy Waste-to-Energy Environmental Policy

About

Joanna Underwood is founder and trustee of the nonprofit Energy Vision, which researches and promotes strategies necessary for a low-carbon, sustainable future. A leader in the U.S. environmental movement since the 1970s, she was co-director of the Council on Economic Priorities — the first U.S. organization to evaluate the environmental practices of businesses for investors — and founder and director of INFORM, a nonprofit focused on environmental business practices and finding ways to prevent waste, contamination, and destruction of natural resources at the source. INFORM research she led inspired federal and state laws including the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory.

Articles by Joanna Underwood

May 8, 2026 New York's Climate Law Has a Blind Spot. Here's the Fix. RNG captured from organic waste could slash emissions and boost grid resilience. Two changes to New York's climate law would make it happen.

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