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    North America fires fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2024

    In a Clean Energy Future, What Happens to California’s Thousands of Oil Refinery Workers?

    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    Oil refinery in Los Angeles County, California
    • fossil fuels
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • environmental justice
    • Clean Energy
    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
    Insights
    January 29, 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
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 9, 2023

    5 Ways Wildfires Affect People Near and Far

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Women wear masks in New York City after Canadian wildfire causes dangerous air pollution
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • Climate
    • Cities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2023

    Overcoming Critical Minerals Shortages Is Key to Achieving US Climate Goals

    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Salt heaps at the Salinas Grande salt flats in Argentina, home to a large lithium mine
    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    September 30, 2022

    3 Lessons on Wildfire Resilience and Recovery from Oregon’s Santiam Basin

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    A road leading into the woods with a welcome sign
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    March 25, 2022

    3 Steps to Boost US Energy Security and Relieve Gas Price Spikes

    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    A woman pumps gas at a North Carolina gas station.
    • Climate
    • fossil fuels
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2021

    A Low-Carbon Future in the US Depends on Decarbonizing Petroleum Refineries

    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    A landscape view of a U.S. refinery.
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    September 27, 2021

    How the US Can Address Legacy Fossil Fuel Sites for a Clean Energy Future

    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    An abandoned oil rig in the middle of a desert.
    • Clean Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • infrastructure
    • GHG emissions
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    5 Reasons the US Should Cut its GHG Emissions in Half by 2030

    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Wind turbines in the California desert.
    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 25, 2021

    Steps to Aid US Fossil Fuel Workers in the Clean Energy Transition

    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    coal-fired power plant
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Energy
    • Climate Equity
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    7 Things to Know About Renewable Natural Gas

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    The domes and pipes of a biogas plant are visible over a low grassy field.
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 12, 2020

    How Biden Can Make the US a Global Leader on Climate Action

    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    The White House
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    I've Worked on Climate Policy for 30 Years. Western US Fires Are the Scariest Thing I’ve Seen.

    • fires
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    A forest fire at night.
    • fires
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2020

    6 Graphics Explain the Climate Feedback Loop Fueling US Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Bobcat Fire, as seen from Monrovia, California
    • Forests
    • fires
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2020

    COVID-19 Bailouts Should Target Oil and Gas Workers and Communities, Not Companies

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Two workers walking to a natural gas fracking operation. Photo by Justin Woolford/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 28, 2020

    Ranking 41 US States Decoupling Emissions and GDP Growth

    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    A man in a cowboy hat stands under the solar panels of his ranch's water pump. Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA.
    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate

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