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    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
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 10, 2019

    Pennsylvania is Joining RGGI. Here’s Why That Matters

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • GHG emissions
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 19, 2018

    Good Climate Policy News from California

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate policy
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 13, 2017

    Rolling Back the Clean Power Plan Is a Losing Proposition for America

    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Installing solar panels
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    North America
    Insights
    August 25, 2016

    It’s Time for US Federal Contractors to Measure their Carbon Footprints

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    United States Department of Energy Forrestal Building
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • greenhouse gas accounting
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    June 1, 2016

    Former Energy CEO David Crane Envisions a Future without Fossils

    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Coal-fired power plant in Ohio
    • Energy
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    March 11, 2016

    With New Joint Announcement with Canada, US Gets Serious About Cutting Methane Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Natural gas well
    • U.S. Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • greenhouse gases
    • fossil fuels
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 26, 2016

    4 Reasons States and Utilities Should Continue Reducing Power Emissions, Despite Clean Power Plan Stay

    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    solar panels
    • U.S. Climate
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 10, 2016

    Despite Stay, America’s Economy and Climate Need the Clean Power Plan

    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Power plant
    • International Climate Action
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    November 18, 2015

    5 Reasons Why US Climate Progress Will Continue Long After Paris

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • international climate policy
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    Wind turbines in California. Photo by Vlasta Juricek/Flickr
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • international climate policy
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 6, 2015

    3 Steps Virginia Can Take to Meet—and Then Exceed—its Clean Power Plan Targets

    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • power plants
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/11537264@N00/241616223/">jsmjr</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • GHG emissions
    • Energy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2015

    How Does the Clean Power Plan Help US Meet its Climate Targets?

    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    Wind and solar energy is becoming increasingly cost competitive with coal and natural gas in many parts of the country. Photo by Jeff Kubina/Flickr.
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 3, 2015

    Interactive Graphic: What Do Your State’s Emissions Look Like?

    • data
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Electricity is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Photo byJarrett Callahan/Flickr
    • data
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    July 27, 2015

    5 Questions to Ask About EPA’s Forthcoming Clean Power Plan

    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Power plant in Springfield, Illinois. Photo by straightedge217/Flickr
    • fossil fuels
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 27, 2015

    10 Steps to Achieve the US Emissions-Reduction Target

    • International Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • NDC
    • power plants
    Coal-fired power plant in Fayette County, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore/Wikimedia Commons
    • International Climate Action
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    • U.S. policy
    • NDC
    • power plants
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 14, 2015

    Déjà vu: Pushback to U.S. Clean Power Plan Reminiscent of 2011 Mercury Rule

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Kentucky power plant. Photo by Cindy Cornett Seigle/Flickr
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 21, 2015

    After SOTU, it’s Time to Make Good on US Climate Action Commitments

    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2015. Photo by Pete Souza/White House
    • climate change
    • energy efficiency
    • U.S. policy
    • GHG emissions
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • power plants
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 10, 2014

    5 Ways Missouri Can Meet EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Standards

    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    EPA’s Clean Power Plan offers broad flexibility in how states can comply with their standards. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    December 3, 2014

    3 Reasons Why the EPA Should Do More to Reduce Carbon Pollution from Power Plants

    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants
    U.S. power plants emit more carbon pollution than all but four countries, and they’re responsible for a full one-third of national emissions.
    • Energy
    • GHG emissions
    • U.S. policy
    • pollution
    • power plants

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