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RELEASE: WRI Welcomes Jennifer Layke as Global Director for its Energy Program

  • Buildings
  • Energy Access
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • Buildings
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  • renewable energy

RELEASE: Virginia Can Surpass its Clean Power Plan Requirements with a 43 Percent Carbon Emissions Reduction by 2030

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
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  • U.S. policy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy

Corporate Buyers of Renewable Energy Get Louder—and More Diverse

  • Business
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
As demand for renewable energy expands, so too are our efforts to facilitate further collaborations to open new markets for clean power.  Photo by Daniel Hoherd/Flickr.
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Corporations Can Drive Down Renewable Energy’s Cost

  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
The electricity system will have to be decarbonized, probably more quickly than many in the sector are comfortable with. Working with large buyers that want to move quickly could lead to decarbonizing in an orderly way that drives down the cost for everyone. Photo by Windwärts Energie/Flickr
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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
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  • GHG emissions
  • climate policy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • COP21

New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Airplanes, Trucks Can Help US Meet Climate Goals

  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy
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  • Air Quality
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • pollution
  • U.S. policy

An Opportunity for Cooperative Clean Energy Solutions for Utilities and Companies

  • electric grid
  • Business
  • renewable energy
A solar array in California. Photo by Steve Jurvetson/Flickr.
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Comparing Renewable Energy to Traditional Electricity Supply

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Should I Build A Behind-the-Meter (Onsite) Renewable Energy Project?*
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  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch
Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
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  • Energy
  • Forests
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  • Cities
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • UNFCCC
  • United Nations
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • stories to watch

RELEASE: New Analysis Highlights Opportunities for Economic Gains from Climate Action in the United States

  • Business
  • GHG emissions
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
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  • Energy
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  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: New Analysis Finds 38% of World’s Shale Resources Face Water Stress

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
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ADVISORY: Press Call: How Water Risk Affects Global Shale Development

  • Freshwater
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  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
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Tackling U.S. Corporations’ 3 Challenges to Buying Renewable Energy

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • renewable energy
Sixty percent of the largest U.S. companies have set climate and energy goals to increase their use of renewable energy. Photo credit: Thomas Rousing, Flickr
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  • renewable energy

STATEMENT: U.S. Puts First Ever Federal Limits on Existing Power Plant Emissions

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  • renewable energy
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Arkansas Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under the Clean Air Act

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  • Energy
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  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Arkansas Can Reduce Emissions 39 percent by 2020

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  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
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  • Energy
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  • renewable energy

Watching for Signs of Climate Action in the State of the Union Address

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Seven months have passed since President Obama announced the national Climate Action Plan. Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson, Flickr
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • climate science
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

How Green Tariffs Can Benefit Utilities and Consumers

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  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Duke Energy’s 16-megawatt DC (14-megawatt AC) Blue Wing Solar Project in San Antonio, Texas consists of nearly 215,000 photovoltaic solar panels and is one of the largest PV solar farms in the United States. | Photo Credit: Duke Energy/Flickr
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  • renewable energy

5 Ways Wisconsin Can Reduce Power Plant Emissions

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  • U.S. policy
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  • regulation
  • renewable energy
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