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    North America deforestation electric grid Freshwater
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 7, 2024

    State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next

    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    Technician installing solar panels on roof.
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • Climate
    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
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 26, 2023

    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
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 12, 2022

    After Inflation Reduction Act: 5 Ways to Hit the US Emissions Goal

    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    A construction worker carries a solar panel across a house roof for installation
    • Climate
    • Climate Governance
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 7, 2022

    What’s Needed to Modernize America’s Electricity Grid?

    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    LADWP Pine Tree Wind Project
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 16, 2021

    Why the US Also Needs Carbon Pricing in the Reconciliation Bill

    • climate policy
    • electric grid
    • carbon pricing
    • renewable energy
    Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota
    • climate policy
    • electric grid
    • carbon pricing
    • renewable energy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 20, 2021

    6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Dillon Wind Power Project
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • electric grid
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • COP26
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 9, 2021

    US Infrastructure Bill Is Good, but Not Enough to Transform the Electricity Grid

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. policy
    Two people working on power lines
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric grid
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 18, 2021

    3 Reasons Why Smart Charging Is Key for Electric Vehicle Fleets

    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    Electric vehicle charging.
    • electric grid
    • electric mobility
    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    March 3, 2021

    The Upstream Battle to Protect Drinking Water in North Carolina

    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    A small lake with trees in the background in North Carolina's Triangle region
    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 18, 2021

    4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate
    An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
    • electric mobility
    • electric grid
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 23, 2020

    3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Pine trees in Rampart Lakes at dawn.
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 29, 2020

    How Some U.S. Cities Are Working to Align Energy Markets with Their Clean Energy Goals

    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Power lines at sunset.
    • electric grid
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy

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