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The Emergence of Green Tariffs in US Electricity Markets: Why Now?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
A wind farm in Palm Springs, California.
  • Energy
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  • renewable energy

Microsoft and Local Utility Partner to Green Virginia’s Grid

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Potomac River power plant
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Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-Trade: What’s a Better Policy to Cut Emissions?

  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota.
  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • climate change
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How Open Data Can Help Electrify India—and the World

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
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Neighborhood in India
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A Carbon Price Will Reduce Emissions More than Computer Models Predict

  • carbon pricing
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
Driving
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Business Helped Make the Paris Agreement Possible

  • Business
  • Economics
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • renewable energy
Paris at night during COP21. Photo credit: Deborah Zabarenko
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COP21: Heading into Week 2, Things Are Starting to Get Interesting

  • Climate Resilience
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • carbon pricing
  • COP21
  • climate finance
  • NDC
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  • restoration
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Jane Goodall at AFR100 launch, Paris. Credit: Michael Oko
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STATEMENT: At COP21, Heads of State and Institutions Call for Pricing Carbon

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  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
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4 Corporate Carbon Pricing Do’s and Don’ts

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
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  • COP21
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Power plant
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STATEMENT: Unilever’s Carbon Positive Goal is “Audacious and Inspiring”

  • Business
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  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Business
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  • Energy
  • renewable energy

How Critics Try (and Fail) to Attack Carbon Pricing

  • carbon pricing
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • carbon pricing
  • climate change
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RELEASE: Michael Polsky Makes $1 Million Gift to Fund Renewable Energy Work at WRI

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  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

Corporations Can Drive Down Renewable Energy’s Cost

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
The electricity system will have to be decarbonized, probably more quickly than many in the sector are comfortable with. Working with large buyers that want to move quickly could lead to decarbonizing in an orderly way that drives down the cost for everyone. Photo by Windwärts Energie/Flickr
  • Business
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India’s Supreme Court Reinforces Renewable Energy Targets for Industry

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  • renewable energy
Solar panels in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr.
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

Déjà vu: Pushback to U.S. Clean Power Plan Reminiscent of 2011 Mercury Rule

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Kentucky power plant. Photo by Cindy Cornett Seigle/Flickr
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  • climate change
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An Opportunity for Cooperative Clean Energy Solutions for Utilities and Companies

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  • Business
  • renewable energy
A solar array in California. Photo by Steve Jurvetson/Flickr.
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Comparing Renewable Energy to Traditional Electricity Supply

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Should I Build A Behind-the-Meter (Onsite) Renewable Energy Project?*
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

Power Options: Comparing Costs of Rooftop Solar to Traditional Electricity

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Between 30 to 60 percent of U.S. public and private (K-12) schools could save money by installing solar PV at a price of $2-2.5/W. Photo by Matt Montagne/Flickr.
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy