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Open Government Partnership: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Accountability and Transparency

  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
The Open Government Partnership can help support implementation of the 17 SDGs. Photo by Josh Estey/Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals

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
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  • GHG emissions
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Big Data Improves Renewable Power Forecasts. Will It Help India?

  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Tamil Nadu is India's leading wind power state. (Zamin Uthukuli, Tamil Nadu, India) Photo by Dhruvaraj S/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

4 Real-World Challenges to Environmental Democracy

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
Outdoor air pollution caused the deaths of 3.7 million people under the age of 60 worldwide in 2012. Photo by Leo Fung/Flickr.
  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation

Interactive Graphic: What Do Your State’s Emissions Look Like?

  • data
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
Electricity is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Photo byJarrett Callahan/Flickr
  • data
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants

5 Questions to Ask About EPA’s Forthcoming Clean Power Plan

  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
Power plant in Springfield, Illinois. Photo by straightedge217/Flickr
  • fossil fuels
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India’s Supreme Court Reinforces Renewable Energy Targets for Industry

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

Why Are Environmental Rights So Hard to Assess?

  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation
Environmental democracy means that citizens have rights to information, public participation and justice. Photo by Annette Berhardt/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation

10 Steps to Achieve the US Emissions-Reduction Target

  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants
Coal-fired power plant in Fayette County, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore/Wikimedia Commons
  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants

Environmental Democracy: An Essential Right for the 21st Century

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
Phnom Penh's air pollution is so serious it may be damaging historic sites, yet there is no air quality information available to the public online. Photo by Allie Caulfield/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation

A New Way to Measure Environmental Rights Around the World

  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh handle asbestos and other dangerous materials. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
  • public participation
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals

The Best and Worst Countries for Environmental Democracy

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
A community meeting in Ghana. Photo by waterdotorg/Flickr
  • environmental democracy
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  • human rights
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RELEASE: Major New Index Ranks Environmental Democracy in 70 Countries

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  • environmental democracy
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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
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

Q&A with Mark Robinson: The Role of Good Governance in Sustainable Development

  • Climate Resilience
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • low carbon development
A governance lens offers a powerful impetus for promoting reforms in policies and programs for sustainable development. Photo by CCAFS/Flickr
  • Climate Resilience
  • environmental democracy
  • public participation
  • low carbon development

After SOTU, it’s Time to Make Good on US Climate Action Commitments

  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • UNFCCC
President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2015. Photo by Pete Souza/White House
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • UNFCCC

5 Ways Missouri Can Meet EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Standards

  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
EPA’s Clean Power Plan offers broad flexibility in how states can comply with their standards. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

3 Reasons Why the EPA Should Do More to Reduce Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
U.S. power plants emit more carbon pollution than all but four countries, and they’re responsible for a full one-third of national emissions.
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants