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US Clean Energy Goals Hinge on Faster Permitting

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
An electrical worker climbs up a transmission line
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power

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

4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

  • transportation
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility
A close-up photo depicting gas prices above four dollars
  • transportation
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Electric Mobility

Innovative Partnerships Bring Community Solar to Low-income Households in the US

  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
  • Paying for Paris
Solar field in Denver, Colorado
  • Clean Energy
  • Equity & Governance
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Community Solar
  • Paying for Paris

How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure

  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicle charging station in Austin, TX
  • Energy
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Buildings
  • infrastructure
  • carbon removal
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles

Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
Public bus and bike shares in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles

3 Steps to Boost US Energy Security and Relieve Gas Price Spikes

  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
A woman pumps gas at a North Carolina gas station.
  • Climate
  • fossil fuels
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy

What’s Needed to Modernize America’s Electricity Grid?

  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission
LADWP Pine Tree Wind Project
  • Clean Energy
  • renewable energy
  • electric grid
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Transmission

How the US Can Address Legacy Fossil Fuel Sites for a Clean Energy Future

  • Clean Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • infrastructure
  • GHG emissions
An abandoned oil rig in the middle of a desert.
  • Clean Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • infrastructure
  • GHG emissions

Funding for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition Already Exists

  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance
Wind turbine at dusk, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon, USA
  • Clean Energy
  • Finance
  • environmental justice
  • Equity & Governance

Climate Benefits the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Leaves Out

  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy
Windfarm, Turlock Irrigation District
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Clean Energy

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

4 Recommendations to Electrify the US Federal Fleet

  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate
An electric vehicle charging next to a patch of grass.
  • electric mobility
  • electric grid
  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate

4 Emerging Ways to Pair Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy

  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
Renewable energy and electric vehicles can strengthen one another. Photo credit: Argonne National Lab/Flickr
  • electric mobility
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy

Memo to Carmakers: The Future Is Electric

  • Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. policy
  • transportation
  • Clean Energy
Zero emission vehicle
  • Energy
  • electric mobility
  • U.S. policy
  • transportation
  • Clean 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
Insights

Why Is China Investing So Much in U.S. Solar and Wind?

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Business
  • low carbon development
  • renewable energy