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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
Insights

4 Climate Stories that Will Define 2024

  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • Food
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • stories to watch
A family covers their heads with cloth for sun protection while walking near the Ganges river during a heatwave.
  • Climate
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • climate policy
  • Food
  • Clean Energy
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • stories to watch

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
Insights

From Promises to Action: 6 Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2022

  • net-zero emissions
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • adaptation finance
  • environmental justice
  • health
  • deforestation
  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • stories to watch
A solar farm in the forefront with a coal plant in the distance.
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • National Climate Action
  • International Climate Action
  • adaptation finance
  • environmental justice
  • health
  • deforestation
  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • stories to watch

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

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

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

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

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

How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines in the distance at sunset.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Insights

Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development
Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
  • Energy Access
  • Energy
  • sustainable development goals
  • electric grid
  • development
  • agriculture
  • health
  • low carbon development

7 Things to Know About Decarbonization in the American Energy Innovation Act

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Workers checking a rotor on a marine energy system
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Technical Perspectives

Natural Gas Beat Coal in the US. Will Renewables and Storage Soon Beat Natural Gas?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Wind turbines north of Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Technical Perspectives

INSIDER: 29 States Have Clean Electricity Standards. Are They Good Policy?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Data

Countries and Cities in the Global South Suitable for Electrification

  • Energy
  • Cities
  • electric grid
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • Cities
  • electric grid
  • climate change

The Emergence of Green Tariffs in US Electricity Markets: Why Now?

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
A wind farm in Palm Springs, California.
  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • renewable energy
Insights

Top 5 Corporate Sustainability Stories of 2015

  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and other heads of state at COP21. Credit: White House
  • Business
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
News

STATEMENT: Unilever’s Carbon Positive Goal is “Audacious and Inspiring”

  • Business
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Business
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

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
Insights

Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset