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    North America land rights power plants Top Outcome: 2023
    Climate
    North America
    News
    April 25, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues Strong Pollution Standards for New and Existing Power Plants

    • power plants
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    • power plants
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    Food
    North America
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    US Hospitals Reduce Emissions Through Plant-based Foods

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Hospital dining workers.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Forests
    North America
    Update
    July 12, 2022

    Updated Tool Can Help US Communities Include Forests and Trees in GHG Inventories

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • greenhouse gases
    • GHG emissions
    • global forest watch
    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 17, 2017

    California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    flight deck of the MAFFS 6
    • Forests
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 13, 2017

    Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Is a Losing Proposition for America

    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Installing solar panels
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 1, 2016

    Former Energy CEO David Crane Envisions a Future without Fossils

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Coal-fired power plant in Ohio
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 11, 2016

    5 Images Explain Why the Alberta Forest Fires Are So Hard to Stop

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    forest fire in Alberta, Canada
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    Climate
    North America
    News
    April 28, 2016

    RELEASE: Analysis Shows Illinois Can Comply with Clean Power Plan Requirements, But Must Reduce Existing Barriers by Passing the Clean Jobs Bill

    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    March 21, 2016

    RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 26, 2016

    4 Reasons States and Utilities Should Continue Reducing Power Emissions, Despite Clean Power Plan Stay

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    solar panels
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2016

    Despite Stay, America’s Economy and Climate Need the Clean Power Plan

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Power plant
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    News
    January 21, 2016

    STATEMENT: WRI Says D.C. Circuit Court Decision "Paves Way for States to Continue Work" on Clean Power Plan

    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2015

    5 Reasons Why US Climate Progress Will Continue Long After Paris

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • international climate policy
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in California. Photo by Vlasta Juricek/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • international climate policy
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 10, 2015

    RELEASE: First Interactive Global Map of Indigenous and Community Territories Will Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide and Boost Forest Conservation Efforts

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 5, 2015

    ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 22, 2015

    WRI Calls Publication of Clean Power Plan in Federal Register "A Key Milestone"

    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • U.S. Climate
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 6, 2015

    3 Steps Virginia Can Take to Meet—and Then Exceed—its Clean Power Plan Targets

    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • power plants
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    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • power plants

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