NREL Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022

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Narrator: "Energy justice is ..."

NREL Employees:

"Hope."

"People."

"It's an understanding that equality is not enough."

"Access."

"Better scientific outcomes."

"Re-envisioning the future."

Martin Keller, laboratory director, NREL: "On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are reminded of his words:

'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'

'Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.'

At NREL, we are working for a just energy future for all."

Liz Doris, senior advisor on energy justice, NREL: "Energy justice is key to a clean energy future and is crucial to supporting recovery and transformation in America's communities. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'The time is always right to do right.' Clean energy for all is right."

Johney Green, associate laboratory director, Mechanical and Thermal Engineering Sciences, NREL: "At NREL, our goal is to conduct research that has a positive impact on all communities. When I think about a just energy transition, I think about equal access to clean energy for all."

Margo Melendez, group manager, Transportation Technology Integration, NREL: "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked for justice. At NREL, we aspire to do the same through our research and our partnerships."

Kamyria Coney, policy analyst researcher, NREL: "Energy justice is more than taking action to right the wrongs of our past, but rather understanding how those wrongs provided energy security for some communities and energy burden in others. By removing those burdens in underserved communities and really understanding their long-lasting impacts, we can move toward a clean energy future ... for all.

"Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from NREL."

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