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    U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2016

    A Climate Change Policy That Benefits The Poor

    • carbon pricing
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Iatan Generating Station
    • carbon pricing
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    October 31, 2016

    New White House Report Offers Climate Resilience Blueprint for Next Administration

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Miami flood
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 27, 2016

    U.S. Cities Go to the Source to Protect Drinking Water

    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Many communities in the U.S. West depend on such sources for drinking water. Photo by Kara DiFrancesco.
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. policy
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    Climate
    Insights
    September 27, 2016

    5 Big Outcomes from Climate Week and the UN General Assembly

    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    Asia North America
    Insights
    September 3, 2016

    US and China Join Paris Agreement, Bringing it Much Closer to Taking Effect

    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • U.S. Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    May 12, 2016

    STATEMENT: WRI Says New EPA Methane Standards Will Encourage Industry To Put in Place Low-Cost Safeguards

    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    Insights
    May 11, 2016

    3 Steps Wisconsin Can Take To Meet Its Clean Power Plan Targets

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines in Dane County, Wis.
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Latin America Europe North America
    Insights
    May 5, 2016

    What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Going Green Conference
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 28, 2016

    Illinois Can Meet its Clean Power Plan Targets in 3 Steps

    • Energy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • Energy
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Insights
    April 15, 2016

    West Virginia Imagines a Future Beyond Coal

    • carbon pricing
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Mountain removal for coal on West Virginia’s Kayford Mountain.
    • carbon pricing
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    Insights
    April 8, 2016

    Help for Coal Country from a Carbon Fee?

    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Pocahontas coal plant in Eastgulf, West Virginia.
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 11, 2016

    With New Joint Announcement with Canada, US Gets Serious About Cutting Methane Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Natural gas well
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    Insights
    March 9, 2016

    Climate Change: The Critical Topic Presidential Debates Are Leaving Out

    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Flooding in Key West, Fla.
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 1, 2016

    Carbon Tax vs. Cap-and-Trade: What’s a Better Policy to Cut Emissions?

    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    Xcel Energy's Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, near Becker, Minnesota.
    • U.S. Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    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
    Insights
    February 24, 2016

    Science Will Help Push Companies Towards a Low-Carbon Future

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG Protocol
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG Protocol

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