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5 Tips for Leveraging the IRA’s Direct Pay Provision to Maximize the Benefits of Clean Energy Investment

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • renewable energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Tax Incentives
Three people work to install solar panels on the roof of a veterinary clinic.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • renewable energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Tax Incentives

US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-in. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help

  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
Two workers in hardhats install solar panels on a sunny day.
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • environmental justice
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

Redefining America’s ‘Energy Communities’ Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • Clean Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
A train carrying coal in front of houses in Thurmond, West Virginia.
  • U.S. Energy Topics
  • Clean Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate

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

How the Clean Energy for America Act Improves Tax Credits

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility
A construction working laying down a solar panel
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility

STATEMENT: Biden Administration Releases American Jobs Plan with Major Clean Energy Investments

  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy

Unpacking the US CLEAN Future Act

  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
The United States Capitol Building at night.
  • Buildings
  • coronavirus
  • net-zero emissions
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • environmental justice
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • carbon removal
  • climate policy
  • Energy

Ranking 41 US States Decoupling Emissions and GDP Growth

  • Economics
  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
A man in a cowboy hat stands under the solar panels of his ranch's water pump. Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA.
  • Economics
  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate

Rick Perry Offers Mixed Messages to Congress on Climate and Clean Energy

  • International Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • climate policy
  • fossil fuels
Governor Rick Perry
  • International Climate Action
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • climate policy
  • fossil fuels

5 Clean Energy Charts Trump Needs to See Before He Takes Office

  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate policy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Donald Trump campaigning in Phoenix, Arizona
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate policy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

5-4-3-2-1: Counting Down Obama’s Legacy on Climate Resilience

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather
Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate policy
  • extreme weather

STATEMENT: WRI Response to Supreme Court Stay of Clean Power Plan

  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • Energy

Pennsylvania Can Meet Clean Power Plan Targets in 3 Steps

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • renewable energy
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  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • renewable energy

The Clean Power Plan: What’s Water Got To Do With It?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • water risk
When it comes to water and fracturing, it’s all about location and time. Photo by Simon Fraser University/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • water risk

Clean Power Plan Can Help States, Economy and Planet

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • COP21
NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • COP21

STATEMENT: WRI Says Clean Power Plan Will “Drive Technological Innovation"

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • climate policy
  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Ohio Can Meet Future Carbon Pollution Standards

  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • industry
  • power plants
  • energy efficiency
  • climate change
  • climate policy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • industry
  • power plants
  • energy efficiency
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