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    North America climate science pollution power plants
    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
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 19, 2021

    7 Ways the Biden Administration Can Reverse Climate Rollbacks

    • Climate Resilience
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    President-elect Joe Biden having a conversation with Mark Updegrove, former director of the LBJ Library.
    • Climate Resilience
    • GHG emissions
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate science
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2019

    12 Reasons Climate Action Is Good for the United States Economy

    • Economics
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Solar installation is one of the main clean energy jobs of the future. Photo by Green Energy Futures/Flickr.
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Business
    North America
    News
    October 31, 2019

    STATEMENT: Car Companies Join Trump Administration’s “Reckless Attack” on California’s Emissions Standards

    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • transportation
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • transportation
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2019

    Climate Change, Frigid Temperatures and the Polar Vortex: 3 Things to Know

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    polar vortex
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2018

    National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Hurricane Harvey
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy

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