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    Equity & Governance electric mobility extractive industries Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 27, 2023

    Electric School Buses Can Fight — or Further — Inequity in the US

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    Young children board a school bus
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Update
    August 23, 2022

    Prioritizing Equity in Providing Technical Assistance to Underserved School Districts under WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Yellow school buses visible behind chain fence
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2022

    Electric School Buses Win Big in US State Legislative Sessions

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    school buses
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Update
    July 27, 2022

    Up to $5 Billion Is Available for US Electric School Buses. Here Are 3 Things Bus Operators Should Know.

    • transportation
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 20, 2019

    Electric School Bus Initiative

    Children board school bus
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Insights
    July 7, 2016

    Cutting Your Corporate Carbon Footprint? Why You Should Use Science-Based Targets

    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Renewable energy can help companies reach carbon-cutting goals. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92688599@N00/2302264331/">Wavy1</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate
    • Business
    • GHG emissions
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • climate science
    Asia
    Asia
    Data
    January 19, 2016

    Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 19, 2014

    Ecuador Shows Why Communities and the Climate Need Strong Forest Rights

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    The impacts of oil extraction in Ecuador show why secure community forest rights are necessary to protect livelihoods and the environment. Photo credit: Tomas Munita, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Freshwater
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources

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