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    Climate North America pollution Responsible Corporate Advocacy Research Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 17, 2024

    Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging

    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    A young woman peruses the cosmetics aisle.
    • U.S. Climate
    • industry
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2022

    How to Write an Impactful Corporate Climate Statement

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate policy
    View from an office window over a city
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 17, 2021

    Innovative US Bill Tackles Climate Change, Local Pollution and Economic Inequality

    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Smoke coming out of a factory on a cloudy day.
    • Climate
    • environmental justice
    • pollution
    • climate policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 16, 2021

    How US Companies Can Become Effective Climate Policy Advocates

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • COP26
    • Business
    Washington DC: Pennsylvania Avenue and K Street
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • COP26
    • Business
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 21, 2021

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 21, 2020

    Support for Climate Policy is Alive and Well in Corporate America

    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Business
    The outside of the New York Stock Exchange
    • coronavirus
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Business
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 24, 2020

    How the Chamber of Commerce's Scorecard Elevates Climate Deniers

    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    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
    Insights
    August 22, 2019

    With New Business Roundtable Statement, Are 200 CEOs Stuck in Yesterday’s Corporate Sustainability?

    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Climate
    Skscrapers
    • Sustainable Development Goal 8
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2019

    3 Ways Business Must Use Political Influence to Champion Climate Ambition

    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate leaders lobby for climate action. Flickr/Phil Roeder
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 26, 2017

    Timeline: Trump’s 100 Days of Rollbacks to Climate Action

    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Donald Trump
    • U.S. policy
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 1, 2016

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 3, 2014

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 28, 2014

    5 Ways Arkansas Can Reduce Power Plant Emissions

    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • regulation
    • renewable energy
    Arkansas has already taken steps to reduce its near-term power sector CO2 emissions by implementing energy efficiency policies.
    • Energy
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • regulation
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 13, 2014

    5 Ways Tennessee Can Reduce its Power Plant Emissions

    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    Photo Credit: Nashville Corps, Flickr
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 8, 2014

    5 Ways Minnesota Can Reduce its Power Plant Emissions

    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Between 2005 and 2011, Minnesota coal-fired generation decreased 14 percent while natural gas generation nearly doubled and renewable generation more-than-tripled. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • renewable energy

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