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Beyond Climate: 6 Big Benefits of the US Inflation Reduction Act

  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Construction workers install solar panels on the roof of a California home
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • Clean Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles

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

How Some U.S. Cities Are Working to Align Energy Markets with Their Clean Energy Goals

  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
Power lines at sunset.
  • electric grid
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • renewable 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

7 Ways the Trump Administration Is Harming the Climate

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency
Oil wells in North Dakota with a natural gas flare in the background.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • energy efficiency

A CO2 Direct Air Capture Plant Will Help Extract Oil in Texas. Could This Actually Be Good for the Climate?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
CO2 removed from the air can be used to extract oil, like at this Michigan facility. Photo by U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels

5 Emerging Trends for Corporate Buyers of Renewable Energy

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
The 2017 REBA Summit brought together over 400 energy buyers, suppliers and experts to accelerate renewable energy purchasing.
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

4 Reasons Why the Trump Administration Should Keep Fuel Standards in Place

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation
Traffic congestion in Oregon
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • fossil fuels
  • transportation

America Doesn’t Have to Choose Between the Economy and the Climate

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
Solar panels at Curtis H. Stanton Energy Cente
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Economics
  • climate change
  • renewable energy

Small, Steady Steps on US Clean Energy Can Realize Big Changes

  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Solar array in Portland, Maine
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy

States Use Renewable Energy to Win Corporate Business

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy
U.S. solar farm
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • electric grid
  • Energy Access
  • renewable energy

What Did Confirmation Hearings Tell Us About Trump’s Priorities on Climate Change?

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
U.S. Capitol building
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate change
  • Energy
Insights

China’s Decline in Coal Consumption Drives Global Slowdown in Emissions

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

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

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
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • renewable energy

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?*
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

As Obama and Modi Meet, 4 Opportunities for US-India Action on Clean Energy and Climate

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
India's goal is to increase solar power to 100 gigawatts by 2022. Photo by Abbie Trayler-Smith/DFID
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy

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
  • 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

Weighing Options: How Do You Compare the Costs of Renewable Energy to Traditional Electricity?

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
How would a supermarket looking to supply their electricity directly from on-site solar energy compare this option with traditional power? Photo by Bart Speelman/FLICKR
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Energy
  • renewable energy