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    North America Economics Water Quality Initiatives Insights
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 9, 2023

    One Year In, How the Inflation Reduction Act Is Creating a Manufacturing Resurgence in the US

    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Battery factory in Texas
    • Climate
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 14, 2022

    How a Clean Energy Economy Can Create Millions of Jobs in the US

    • Economics
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Installing solar panels
    • Economics
    • Clean Energy
    • renewable energy
    • electric mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 21, 2021

    How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
    • U.S. Climate
    • Economics
    • infrastructure
    • renewable energy
    • COP26
    • carbon removal
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    April 1, 2021

    Does Biden’s American Jobs Plan Stack Up on Climate and Jobs?

    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Wayne National Forest Solar Panel Construction
    • infrastructure
    • climate policy
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 24, 2021

    5 Reasons the US Should Cut its GHG Emissions in Half by 2030

    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    Wind turbines in the California desert.
    • Economics
    • climatewatch-pinned
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    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
    August 5, 2020

    COVID-19 Bailouts Should Target Oil and Gas Workers and Communities, Not Companies

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Two workers walking to a natural gas fracking operation. Photo by Justin Woolford/Flickr.
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • environmental justice
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 28, 2020

    Ranking 41 US States Decoupling Emissions and GDP Growth

    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    A man in a cowboy hat stands under the solar panels of his ranch's water pump. Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA.
    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • climate policy
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. Climate
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    LA’s Time To Lead A Fair, Strong And Clean COVID-19 Recovery

    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Los Angeles Traffic
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 19, 2020

    Ensuring a Fair Transition for US Fossil Fuel Workers in Economic Recovery

    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Three workers pulling machinery on an oil rig.
    • Energy
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    • fossil fuels
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 31, 2020

    Resilience After Recession: 4 Ways to Reboot the U.S. Economy

    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • U.S. policy
    Hill Air Force Base in Utah
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • low carbon development
    • U.S. policy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 20, 2020

    US Coronavirus Response: 3 Principles for Sustainable Economic Stimulus

    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • health
    • renewable energy
    MTA New York City Transit
    • Energy
    • Economics
    • coronavirus
    • health
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 25, 2019

    12 Reasons Climate Action Is Good for the United States Economy

    • Economics
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Solar installation is one of the main clean energy jobs of the future. Photo by Green Energy Futures/Flickr.
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • renewable energy
    Europe
    North America
    Insights
    September 19, 2019

    A Carbon Price Is Critical, but It’s Not a Silver Bullet

    • Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines in southern California
    • Climate
    • carbon pricing
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    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
    Climate
    Initiatives
    January 20, 2018

    U.S. Climate

    solar-panels-blue-sky
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    America Can Still Reach a Clean Energy Future

    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • Energy
    Wind turbines in Colorado
    • Paris Agreement
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • Energy
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    May 16, 2017

    When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Watershed
    • Freshwater
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • natural infrastructure
    • Water Quality
    • water risk

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