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by , and - Behind the U.S. power grid, electricity markets are just as important as physical power plants and transmission lines. To expand the country's clean energy, the rules of the market will need to change.
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by Xiaoliang Yang, Kevin Kennedy and Karl Hausker - October 16, 2019What consitutes safe geologic storage? This is a key question for the IRS as it considers how to account for carbon capture and sequestration.
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by Devashree Saha and Dan Lashof - October 10, 2019Pennsylvania's planned entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative marks the first time a major fossil-fuel producing state has joined the cooperative, which aims to cap carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants. It won't solve all the Keystone State's energy challenges, but it's a big step forward.
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A statement from Dr. Andrew Steer, President & CEO, World Resources Institute, on the Market Choice Act.
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by Kevin Kennedy - September 19, 2019In the global battle to rein in greenhouse gas emissions and prevent disasters, most economists agree that a carbon price is a key tool in the toolbox. But what’s less commonly discussed are what policies are needed in addition to a carbon price.
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by Devashree Saha - September 18, 2019The latest anti-climate proposal from the Trump administration would weaken regulations on methane from oil and natural gas. Colorado, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and California offer innovative solutions for curbing this growing emissions source.
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by Celina Bonugli, Jake Duncan, Kelly Crandall and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel - September 2019This resource is designed to aid cities and utilities in exploring the opportunity to develop a partnership agreement and consider key factors relevant to successfully enable long-lasting and productive engagements. It identifies insights and lessons learned from the experiences of several U.S. cities and investor owned electric utilities in developing innovative agreements in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah, and Wisconsin.
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by Dan Lashof - September 16, 2019This Friday, young people in the United States are joining with the global youth climate movement to go on strike to demand that adults act responsibly to protect their future. They also want adults to join the strike in solidarity.
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by Kevin Moss and Eliot Metzger - August 22, 2019The Business Roundtable's new "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation" received a lot of positive press. That's surprising, because its take on corporate sustainability is insufficient and outdated.
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by Nancy Harris, Donna Lee, Thailynn Munroe and Sarah Ruiz - August 19, 2019Most communities overlook a critical tool in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions: trees. One of the reasons is that they don’t know how to account for forests and trees in their emissions inventories.
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by Devashree Saha - August 15, 2019The United States used more energy in 2018 than ever before. While clean energy powered some of it, 80% came from fossil fuels.
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by James Mulligan and Dan Lashof - July 31, 2019When it comes to climate change, producing more oil seems counterproductive. But a technology called "direct air capture," by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, can lower emissions from oil until the day we get off fossil fuels.
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by Lori Bird and Heidi Bishop Ratz - June 17, 2019More and more companies and cities are setting 100% renewable energy goals. But how and when these customers use the electricity they buy also matters. Here are five other things large energy buyers can do to help green the U.S. electric grid.
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by Tyler Clevenger and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel - May 20, 2019Renewable energy is on the rise across the U.S., and state-level policies are instrumental. Already in 2019, 10 states have passed policies that promote renewable energy development. Here are four recent wins in states emerging as new leaders in clean energy.
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by Dan Lashof and Tyler Clevenger - April 22, 2019The Green New Deal has inspired activism and debate, but not much action on Capitol Hill so far. That hasn't stopped states, cities and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico from taking bold steps now.
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Today over 300 companies launched the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance as a new membership organization, the largest group of clean energy buyers in the United States. Read a statement from Jennifer Layke, Global Directer of the Energy Program, World Resources Institute.
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by Sara Walker - March 04, 2019More than 700 coastal areas are affected by algal growth and dead zones, despite a growing number of global agreements to reduce water pollution.
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by Lacey Shaver and Heidi Bishop Ratz - February 26, 2019Many cities have set renewable energy goals. Some are achieving them through innovative ways, such as legislation, banding together to pool their buying power, partnering with utilities and community solar programs.
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by Tyler Clevenger and Heidi Bishop Ratz - February 2019This technical note provides the methodology behind the State Overview online resource, part of the American Cities Climate Challenge: Renewables Accelerator website, which encapsulates webpages for 50 states and DC, displaying regulatory and market information as well as procurement option-specific state policies.
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by Sara Walker - February 22, 2019Water quality trading can spur more cost-effective reductions of pollution. But they're most effective when they have a strong driver, like a cap, and the new memo isn't as instructive as it could be on that front.