Stories: U.S. Climate Action

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.

EPA Mercury Rules: Keeping the Lights on While Removing Toxics from Our Air

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.

Five Takeaways from the IPCC Report on Extreme Weather and Climate Change

The world must brace for more extreme weather.

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

Want Low-Cost Clean Energy? Bank on Innovation

In the United States, there is a heated debate about how much government should support renewable

Q & A on the Release of Climate Science 2009-2010

Today, WRI releases Climate Science 2009-2010, the latest installment in our periodic review of the state of play of the scienc

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

Five Myths About Extreme Weather

This story originally appeared in the Washington Post.

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