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The State of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy: Recent Progress and What to Watch

  • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
An aerial view of a wind and solar energy farm in Oahu, Hawaii.
  • 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable 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

Lessons from Texas Freeze: 5 Ways to Strengthen US Energy Resilience

  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Workers trying to fix a power line during a snowstorm in Texas.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

US State and Local Ballot Measures Advancing the Energy Transition

  • Urban Mobility
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • U.S. Climate
Multiple "I Voted" stickers on a white table.
  • Urban Mobility
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • 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

7 Things to Know About Decarbonization in the American Energy Innovation Act

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
Workers checking a rotor on a marine energy system
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • electric grid
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy

Boosting the Cool Factor of Energy Efficiency

  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
An apprentice trains for a job in energy efficiency.
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency

Trump’s Budget Blueprint Goes Backwards on Urgent Infrastructure Needs

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Train on bridge
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • energy efficiency
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

What Are the Top 10 States for Clean Energy Jobs?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
California solar plant.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • energy efficiency
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • 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

5 Ways Wisconsin Can Reduce Power Plant Emissions

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

Wisconsin Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under the Clean Air Act

  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Energy

Addressing Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Is Vital for Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change

  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
John E. Amos coal-fired power plant. Photo credit: Wigwam Jones, Flickr
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation

4 Ways North Carolina Can Reduce its Power Sector Emissions

  • climate change
  • Energy
  • pollution
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
Marshall Steam Station in North Carolina. Photo credit: Cdtew, Wikimedia Commons
  • climate change
  • Energy
  • pollution
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset