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    September 2, 2025

    6 Things to Know About Direct Air Capture

    • carbon removal
    • land use
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    Climeworks founder C.Gebald & J.Wurzbacher in front of Climeworks plant
    • carbon removal
    • land use
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 31, 2025

    Accelerating Electric School Bus Progress in the US: 5 Years of Growth

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    Climate
    North America
    Update
    July 21, 2025

    How the US Budget Bill Divested from American Industries, Innovation and Jobs

    • industry
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • Igniting Innovation
    An American flag in front of industrial complex.
    • industry
    • Clean Energy
    • climate policy
    • Igniting Innovation
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    July 17, 2025

    What Does ‘Green’ Procurement Mean? Initiatives and Standards for Cement and Steel.

    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Workers in hard hats installing energy
    • Climate
    • infrastructure
    • industry
    • low carbon development
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    Insights
    July 8, 2025

    The US Can’t Build a Competitive Industrial Future without Centering Communities

    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • U.S. Energy
    The Baton Rouge skyline includes oil refineries and other chemical plants.
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • U.S. Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2025

    4 Takeaways from California’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Policies

    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Energy
    A flagpole with three flags including U.S. and California, stands next to the dome of the California State Capitol building in Sacramento.
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 10, 2025

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    People riding a red tractor in a corn field.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    May 1, 2025

    How to Create Long-Term Demand for Carbon Removal in the US

    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate
    Climeworks carbon removal Mammoth plant.
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    Insights
    May 1, 2025

    Biomass Can Fight Climate Change, But Only If You Do It Right

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    A farmer examines an ear of corn with a farming machine behind him.
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 26, 2025

    Community Benefits Frameworks: Shortcomings and Opportunities for Greater Impact

    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • industry
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    • U.S. Energy
    A construction project taking place in a neighborhood.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • industry
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    • U.S. Energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 4, 2024

    Detroit Passed the First Law Giving Communities a Say in Development Projects. Here’s What Happened

    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Scaffolding being constructed for a large industrial building.
    • climate policy
    • U.S. Climate
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • development
    • U.S. Community Benefits Frameworks
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 13, 2024

    Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Installing solar panels on an office building in Mesa, Arizona
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • Cities
    • International Climate Action
    • international climate policy
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 31, 2024

    Empowering Justice40: How Community-Based Organizations Are Driving Environmental Justice Forward

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Students from the Detroit Community School paint a mural.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    October 24, 2024

    3 Emerging Trends in the US Electric Vehicle Workforce

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    A worker evaluates new Tesla Cybertrucks.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    Climate
    Technical Perspectives
    October 15, 2024

    Regulating Safety for Carbon Removal, Capture and Sequestration Projects in the US

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climate policy
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • carbon removal
    A direct air capture facility.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Direct Air Capture
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • climate policy
    • carbon removal legislation & policy
    • carbon removal
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 30, 2024

    Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    President Joe Biden visits Flatirons Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada, Colorado.
    • National Climate Action
    • Tracking Climate Action
    • Climate
    • carbon removal
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 17, 2024

    Cutting-Edge Projects Aim to Decarbonize US Cement Emissions

    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    People wearing construction vests and hard hats look out at the Fortera cement plant.
    • industry
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • GHG emissions
    • mapping
    • FIGI
    • Igniting Innovation
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    July 10, 2024

    US Federal Environmental Justice Strategic Plans Aim to Advance Equity in Agency Operations

    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Joe Biden speaking before signing Executive Order on new actions to advance environmental justice.
    • environmental justice
    • Climate Equity
    • Climate
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    July 10, 2024

    US-China Dialogue Identifies Priority Areas for Climate Cooperation

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Flags from the United States and China.
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • international climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2024

    Navigating the EV Transition: 4 Emerging Impacts on Auto Manufacturing Jobs

    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
    An autoworker moves a lithium-ion battery into position at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit.
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • climatewatch-pinned
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