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Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.

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
A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
  • biofuels
  • agriculture
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
  • land use
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice

US Communities Dependent on Fossil Fuels and Coal Face a “Cumulative Burden” of Pollution, Poor Health and Job Loss

  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
A neighborhood sits in front of an oil refinery.
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate Equity
  • environmental justice
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
Technical Perspectives

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
Technical Perspectives

CEQ’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool Needs to Consider How Burdens Add Up

  • environmental justice
  • Climate Equity
  • U.S. policy
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
The Cleveland, Ohio skyline is seen between two trees and picnic tables.
  • environmental justice
  • Climate Equity
  • U.S. policy
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch

2 Years of Justice40: Integrating Environmental Justice into US Climate Policy

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
Smokestacks in the background of a neighborhood with rowhouses in Baltimore, MD
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Tracking Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

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
Technical Perspectives

How Prepared Are US Cities to Implement the Justice40 Initiative?

  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
An electric bus against the backdrop of greenspace within a city
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
  • Cities
  • infrastructure
  • Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity

Up to $5 Billion Is Available for US Electric School Buses. Here Are 3 Things Bus Operators Should Know.

  • transportation
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • renewable energy
  • electric mobility

How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Technical Perspectives

6 Takeaways from the CEQ Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

  • Climate Equity
  • climate policy
  • Finance
  • U.S. Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • climate policy
  • Finance
  • U.S. Climate

How to Help Your Community Fund Electric School Buses in the US

  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
Kids riding in the back of a school bus.
  • Urban Mobility
  • Climate
  • Climate Equity
  • electric mobility
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses

The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be

  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two stacked rows of electrical fuse boxes with different numbers on them.
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Equity
  • renewable energy
  • climate finance
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

US Infrastructure Bill Makes Headway on Climate, But More Is Needed

  • infrastructure
  • National Climate Action
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate
Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on a clear day
  • infrastructure
  • National Climate Action
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate

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

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance