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U.S. Climate Insights
Energy
North America
Insights
August 20, 2021

6 Ways Large Energy Buyers  Can Transform the US Electrical Grid 

  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • electric grid
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • COP26
Dillon Wind Power Project
  • Energy
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. Climate
  • electric grid
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • COP26
Climate
North America
Insights
July 21, 2021

How Climate Action Can Reboot Economies in Rural America

  • U.S. Climate
  • Economics
  • infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • COP26
Red tractor tills fields in rural America with windmills in backdrop.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Economics
  • infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • COP26
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
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
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
  • emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • United States
Oil wells in North Dakota with a natural gas flare in the background.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • U.S. policy
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • emissions
  • energy efficiency
  • United States
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
  • United States
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
  • United States
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
  • United States
U.S. Forest Service ranger walking in a timber area in Pisgah National Forest
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • restoration
  • United States
Climate
North America
Insights
December 9, 2019

Accelerating America's Pledge: How U.S. States, Cities and Businesses Can Deliver Ambitious Climate Action

  • U.S. Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Rooftop solar panels
  • U.S. Climate
  • Cities
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
Climate
North America
Insights
October 16, 2019

INSIDER: Guiding Implementation of Carbon Capture Tax Credits: Responses to the IRS Request for Comments

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
The launch of Boulder Dam carbon capture facility.
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Climate
North America
Insights
July 31, 2019

A CO2 Direct Air Capture Plant Will Help Extract Oil in Texas. Could This Actually Be Good for the Climate?

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
  • United States
CO2 removed from the air can be used to extract oil, like at this Michigan facility. Photo by U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr.
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • fossil fuels
  • United States
Climate
North America
Insights
February 19, 2019

PODCAST: What to Watch for in a Green New Deal

  • U.S. Climate
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Sunrise at the Capitol.
  • U.S. Climate
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13
  • climate change
Climate
North America
Insights
February 4, 2019

5 Things to Look for in the Green New Deal

  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
wind farm
  • U.S. Climate
  • carbon pricing
  • carbon removal
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • U.S. policy
Equity
Insights
January 11, 2019

7 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2019

  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
California wildfire
  • Finance
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • Business
  • biking
  • circular economy
  • stories to watch
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
Climate
North America
Insights
November 25, 2018

National Climate Assessment: U.S. Climate Action Can Avoid Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Hundreds of Billions in Damages Annually

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy
Hurricane Harvey
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • U.S. policy
Climate
North America
Insights
September 12, 2018

U.S. States, Cities and Businesses Are Cutting Emissions, and Poised to Do Even More. New Report Does the Math

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • United States
Rooftop solar panels in California.
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • Cities
  • Climate
  • United States
Climate
North America
Insights
July 19, 2018

Good Climate Policy News from California

  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • United States
Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
  • U.S. Climate
  • climate policy
  • greenhouse gases
  • United States
Finance
North America
Insights
March 23, 2018

US 2018 Budget and Climate Finance: It's Bad, but Not As Bad As You Might Think

  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance
U.S. Capitol, where Congress' budget presents some complications for climate finance.
  • Climate
  • U.S. Climate
  • Finance
  • U.S. policy
  • climate finance
Climate
Insights
December 29, 2017

Of Venomous Toads and Precious Jewels -- Farewell 2017!

  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • Business
Cane toad
  • U.S. Climate
  • Energy
  • Forests
  • Cities
  • climate science
  • climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • Business
Finance
North America
Insights
December 11, 2017

How the United States Can Remain Engaged in International Climate Finance

  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Climate March in Washington DC, April 29, 2017
  • U.S. Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • Green Climate Fund
Climate
North America
Insights
August 16, 2017

Draft U.S. National Climate Assessment Confirms Fundamental Truths of Climate Change

  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate science
  • United States
Climate change will affect all Americans. The NCA projects how.
  • U.S. Climate
  • U.S. policy
  • climate science
  • United States

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