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    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 5, 2023

    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    April 7, 2022

    Biden’s Budget Request: Does It Make Good on Climate Finance Pledges?

    • climate finance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    National mall in Washington, D.C.
    • climate finance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be

    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • renewable energy
    • climate finance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    Two stacked rows of electrical fuse boxes with different numbers on them.
    • Clean Energy
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • renewable energy
    • climate finance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Clean Power
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 20, 2021

    7 Policy Proposals to Restore US Trees: How Do They Compare?

    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • carbon removal
    Trees in the morning in Kalaloch, WA, USA.
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • carbon removal
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    May 6, 2021

    6 Innovative Ways to Fund Climate Action and Equity in US Cities

    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate finance
    Solar panels on homes in Boulder, Colorado.
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • climate finance
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 12, 2021

    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
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    February 19, 2021

    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
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2021

    4 Climate Finance Priorities for the Biden Administration

    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    View of the White House and surrounding Washington, D.C. streets from above.
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    • multilateral development banks
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 23, 2020

    3 Ways President Biden and Congress Can Restore US Forests

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Pine trees in Rampart Lakes at dawn.
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2020

    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    October 22, 2020

    Bringing New Life to Fallen Urban Trees

    • circular economy
    • Economics
    • health
    • restoration
    • illegal logging
    • Climate
    A pile of logs in a forest.
    • circular economy
    • Economics
    • health
    • restoration
    • illegal logging
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 21, 2020

    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
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    April 6, 2020

    Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act

    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • coronavirus
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Planting trees with Nature Conservancy
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • coronavirus
    • climate policy
    • restoration
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 6, 2020

    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
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 12, 2020

    How and Where to Plant 60 Billion Trees in the US

    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • restoration
    U.S. Forest Service ranger walking in a timber area in Pisgah National Forest
    • U.S. Climate
    • Forests
    • carbon removal
    • restoration
    Finance
    North America
    Insights
    January 30, 2020

    2020 Budget Shows Progress on Climate Finance, But US Continues to Fall Behind Peers

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Despite presidential rhetoric against climate finance, the US Congress still allocates money for overseas climate spending.Photo by marnie webb/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate finance
    • Green Climate Fund
    Freshwater
    Oceania Asia North America
    Insights
    March 4, 2019

    In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    November 1, 2018

    Investors Think They Can Make Money Reducing Wildfire Risk. A Forest Restoration Project in Yuba, CA Puts this Idea into Practice.

    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Learning about forest resilience with rangers. Photo: Leah Schleifer
    • Finance
    • fires
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands

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