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by - By planting the White House Kitchen Garden, Michelle Obama spurred a movement that's helping combat a warming planet.
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by Michael Oko - June 07, 2017Lots of people are talking about the Paris Agreement. But forget withdrawal—the world is standing fast by climate action.
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WASHINGTON (May 23, 2017) — The Trump administration issued its full Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal today.
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by Sam Adams, Kristin Igusky and Tyler Clevenger - May 18, 2017The Trump administration's "skinny" budget is poised to make the nation’s infrastructure even less sustainable. Will the full budget, expected to be released next week, reverse course?
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by Letha Tawney, Celina Bonugli and Daniel Melling - May 17, 2017Utilities are finally starting to embrace wind and solar in a big way, in large part because of corporate demand. Here's a visual look at the shifting state of green power
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by Betsy Otto and Suzanne Ozment - May 16, 2017This Infrastructure Week, it's time to look beyond building new pipes and pumps. Growing, restoring and preserving America's "natural infrastructure" like forests can help secure clean water supplies.
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by Rebecca Gasper - April 26, 2017In the 100 days since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has embarked on an all-out assault on the environment. A new timeline documents rollbacks, budget cuts and more.
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by Noah Kaufman, Rebecca Gasper and Kristin Igusky - April 26, 2017A recent article from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy uses a NERA Economic Consulting study as evidence that meeting U.S. climate change commitments will cause economic hardship, particularly in the manufacturing sector. WRI researchers found that the Chamber’s conclusions are based on a decarbonization pathway that is unrealistic and unnecessarily costly.
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by Kelly Levin - April 20, 2017Science has never been quite so threatened in the United States. That's why this weekend's March for Science—and the actions that follow—are so important.
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by Letha Tawney - April 18, 2017The Pacific Northwest gets even greener with a new offering that enables companies and cities to access renewable energy.
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by David Waskow and Andrew Light - April 17, 2017As senior advisers converge on the White House, here are five huge reasons President Trump should keep the United States in the Paris Agreement.
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The 2017 Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) Summit will gather corporate buyers, service providers, developers, financiers, utilities and non-profit organizations in Santa Clara, CA, September 17-19, 2017.
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by Joel Jaeger - April 06, 2017More Americans now work in solar, wind and energy efficiency than in coal, natural gas and oil. Where these jobs are located may surprise you.
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by Sarah Parsons - March 31, 2017We’ve now entered a new world order when it comes to the acceptance — or rather, the denial — of scientific fact.
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by Sam Adams - March 30, 2017The Trump administration's sweeping executive order, signed this week, aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, a move that will set the United States back and allow other countries to take the lead in cleaner energy that creates jobs and improves people's lives. WRI's Sam Adams explains.
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by Kristin Igusky and Rebecca Gasper - March 29, 2017President Donald Trump's latest executive order aims to roll back many of the core elements of U.S. climate strategy, a move that threatens America's health and the country's economic prosperity. Here are details of the order's major provisions and their potential impact.
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by Noah Kaufman - March 28, 2017A Heritage Foundation report on the costs of climate action is full of holes, but repeatedly cited by policymakers.