Stories: U.S. Climate Action

The Clean Air Act would spur energy efficiency upgrades, boosting competitiveness for many U.S. manufacturers.

Given the built-in limitations on EPA authority contained in the Clean Air Act, fears of agency “overreach” are misplaced.

While federal climate change legislation has stalled, federal agencies, states, and Congress made some progress on controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the past two years.

The United States could become a leader in wind energy jobs with the right policies in place.

This post originally appeared on the National Journal Energy and Environment blog.

Could a major industrialized country be powered entirely by renewable energy? Germany wants to be the first to try.

The American Materials Manufacturing Alliance makes misleading arguments in letter to Senators Kerry and Lieberman, calling for EPA to redo its modeling of the American Power Act.

A new WRI report looks at what greenhouse gas emissions reductions could be achieved through federal and state regulations that are already in place.