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4 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2023

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch
People dressed in warm clothes on bicycles carrying reusable shopping bags.
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • stories to watch

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

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

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

Water Risks on the Rise for Three Global Energy Production Hot Spots

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • water risk
A ship transports coal in China. Photo credit: foxxyz, Flickr
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • water risk

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

6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy

Estimated Relative Impacts on Select Manufacturing Subsectors under the American Power Act

  • Business
  • climate change
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation

Energy Intensity, Trade Intensity, and Size of U.S. Chemical Manufacturing Subsectors (2006)

  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy

Summary of Relative Subsector-Level Vulnerability under the American Power Act

  • Business
  • climate change
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • regulation
  • U.S. policy

GHG Emissions and Intensity by Chemical Manufacturing Subsector (2006)

  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • regulation
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset