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    Asia North America pollution Urban Efficiency & Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 29, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Trucks and Buses

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    November 29, 2023

    The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t

    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Brick layers during in a heatwave in New Delhi, India
    • Urban Efficiency & Climate
    • Urban Development
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate impacts
    • climate science
    • COP28
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Update
    August 23, 2022

    Prioritizing Equity in Providing Technical Assistance to Underserved School Districts under WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Yellow school buses visible behind chain fence
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    North America
    News
    September 23, 2021

    STATEMENT: U.S. Phase-Down of HFCs Good for Climate and American Industry

    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2021

    Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 21, 2021

    Electrifying the US School Bus Fleet: How to Put Children First in the Zero-emission Transition

    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    An electric school bus waiting in a parking lot.
    • electric grid
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Podcasts
    March 8, 2021

    Empowering People Against Pollution

    • podcasts
    • pollution
    • Environmental Rights
    • podcasts
    • pollution
    • Environmental Rights
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 9, 2020

    Air Quality

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