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    Climate climate change GHG emissions U.S. Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 12, 2023

    EPA’s Proposed Rules for Power Plant Emissions: 6 Key Questions, Answered

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    A coal plant in eastern Wyoming spews emissions.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2022

    The SEC’s New Climate Rule is Plain Common Sense

    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC.
    • climate policy
    • corporate sustainability
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Paying for Paris
    Climate
    North America
    News
    December 20, 2021

    STATEMENT: Biden Administration Sets Stronger Standards for Vehicle Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2021

    A Low-Carbon Future in the US Depends on Decarbonizing Petroleum Refineries

    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    A landscape view of a U.S. refinery.
    • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
    • carbon removal
    • GHG emissions
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 13, 2021

    3 Ways Federal Investment in Trees and Forests Can Support Economic Growth

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    A landscape view of Pisgah National Forest in the North Carolina, United States
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • climate change
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2021

    Voting Rights Are Fundamental to Democracy and Climate Justice

    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    A group of people sitting at desks separated by white dividers with the United States flag on them.
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate change
    • environmental justice
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 23, 2021

    6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
    • NDC
    • National Climate Action
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • GHG emissions
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • COP26
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 4, 2020

    STATEMENT: US Withdraws from the Paris Agreement

    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    News
    September 16, 2020

    STATEMENT: Business Roundtable Calls for a “Comprehensive” Approach to Address Climate Change

    • carbon pricing
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    • carbon pricing
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate change
    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
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 8, 2018

    5 U.S. Climate Stories to Watch as We Head into 2019

    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    U.S. Capitol
    • U.S. policy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    Climate
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    October 2, 2018

    INSIDER: Expand the Role of Subnational Actors in Climate Policy

    • climate change
    • Climate
    Solar workers cleaning panels.
    • climate change
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 20, 2017

    Carbon Dividend Coalition Grows, Raising Hopes for Rapid Emissions Cuts

    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    Wind turbines, California
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    October 17, 2016

    ADVISORY: How the U.S. Military is Responding to Sea Level Rise

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate impacts
    • sea level rise
    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
    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 13, 2016

    6 Steps the Obama Administration Can Take in 2016 to Cement its Climate Legacy

    • Energy
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy
    President Barack Obama works on the State of the Union address with Cody Keenan and Ben Rhodes, in the Oval Office Jan. 11, 2016. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
    • Energy
    • COP21
    • GHG emissions
    • climate policy
    • U.S. policy

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