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EVs Could Create Thousands of Jobs in Michigan and Revitalize Its Auto Industry

  • U.S. Climate
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • Cities
  • Urban Mobility
A man works on an electric vehicle in an auto repair shop
  • U.S. Climate
  • transportation
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
  • Cities
  • Urban 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
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  • Urban Mobility
  • renewable energy
  • Clean Energy
  • Climate

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
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  • U.S. Climate
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China Faces 4 Big Risks if it Continues Building More Coal Plants

  • Energy
  • fossil fuels
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
  • Energy
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How California Can Use Electric Vehicles to Keep the Lights On

  • Energy
  • electric mobility
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
Electric vehicle fleet at Los Angeles Air Force Base
  • Energy
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  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities

Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

  • Energy
  • electric grid
  • GHG emissions
  • power plants
Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
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Planes, Trains and (Big) Automobiles: How Heavy Transport Can Reduce Emissions and Save Money

  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
A fuel-efficient airplane takes off during NASA's Green Flight competition.
  • Business
  • Economics
  • circular economy
  • Urban Mobility
  • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
  • renewable energy
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40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants Are in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • mapping
  • power plants
  • water risk
India power plant
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Power Plants Use Water, But We Have No Idea How Much

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • mapping
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  • water risk
Power plant in Germany
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A power plant in India.
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STATEMENT: WRI Welcomes the Adoption of the New Urban Agenda

  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • low carbon development
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • Energy
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  • low carbon development
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
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RELEASE: Cities Need to Focus on Equitable Access to Core Services to Achieve Economic Prosperity and Environmental Sustainability

  • land use
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • wastewater
  • Freshwater
  • world resources report
  • land use
  • Urban Mobility
  • Cities
  • Energy
  • Energy Access
  • poverty
  • Urban Development
  • wastewater
  • Freshwater
  • world resources report

WRI Calls Publication of Clean Power Plan in Federal Register "A Key Milestone"

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • pollution
  • power plants
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
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  • GHG emissions
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Big Data Improves Renewable Power Forecasts. Will It Help India?

  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Tamil Nadu is India's leading wind power state. (Zamin Uthukuli, Tamil Nadu, India) Photo by Dhruvaraj S/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
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India’s Supreme Court Reinforces Renewable Energy Targets for Industry

  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy
Solar panels in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Knut-Erik Helle/Flickr.
  • electric grid
  • Energy
  • power plants
  • renewable energy

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
  • Business
  • GHG emissions
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  • U.S. policy

RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Arkansas Can Reduce Emissions 39 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
  • regulation
  • renewable energy
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RELEASE: New Analysis Shows Tennessee Can Reduce Emissions 22 percent by 2020

  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
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  • regulation
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • Climate
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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
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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
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset