Stories: U.S. State & Regional Climate Change Policy

On January 23, WRI will host a high-profile roundtable discussion on “The State of the Clean Air Act: Past, Present and Future.” The event will be moderated by Senator Tom Carp

As the year winds down, it’s a good time to take stock of climate policy in the United States. Here’s a quick round up of what happened – or didn’t happen – in 2011.

Shale gas is a game-changer for global energy supply. It is already transforming the U.S.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), some people may be wondering about the history and timeline for these standards.

Next week the U.S.

A new report finds that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has had a positive economic impact on the region.

While there has been little progress on national climate policy this year, California has quietly continued to make strides in implementing its comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction

A version of this piece originally appeared in a special energy section of The Hill.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff is holding a workshop today on additional details that were recently announc