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4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System

  • GHG emissions
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Wind turbines and solar power panels
  • GHG emissions
  • Climate Equity
  • climate change
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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What Is Carbon Lock-in and How Can We Avoid It?

  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels
  • infrastructure
  • power plants
  • National Climate Action
  • COP26
A power plant with wind mills and a smoke column in the center.
  • GHG emissions
  • fossil fuels
  • infrastructure
  • power plants
  • National Climate Action
  • COP26
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How to Build a Circular Economy

  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
  • Food Loss and Waste
Two recycling facility workers next to bales of aluminum cans. Photo by Aaron Minnick | WRI.
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • waste
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • greenhouse gases
  • natural resources
  • Climate
  • Food Loss and Waste
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New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
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47% of World's Thermal Power Capacity is in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

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
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coal plant
  • Economics
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants

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
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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

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

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

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
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants

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

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
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  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • power plants

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
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants