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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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A Better Way to Encourage Efficient New Homes

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
Utilities now have a new tool to promote energy efficient new home construction. It encourages builders to approach zero net energy use in homes by focusing on the HERS Index, an efficiency rating for houses that is analogous to a…

New Issue Brief: How Green Banks Assess and Report Impacts

Expert BlogBettina Bergöö, Douglass Sims, Sarah Dougherty
Green banks are experimenting with different approaches to evaluate their impact—including their contribution to market transformation—and sharing their findings with the public.

LA City Council Moves to Slash GHG Emissions from Buildings

Expert BlogMerrian Borgeson, Maria Stamas
Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest city, took a bold step toward reducing climate pollution this week when its City Council adopted an amendment aimed at making steep reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial and residential buildings, including by…

EIA: Clean Energy Momentum Is Here to Stay

Expert BlogAmanda Levin
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its annual long-term forecast for America’s energy system. 2018's big message: despite the administration’s efforts to bolster dirty energy, the nation is still becoming cleaner and more efficient every day.

India Green News: 4th Straight Hottest Year in India & More

Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal
2017 was the fourth straight hottest year recorded in India; How energy efficiency policies can help India save almost $17 billion by 2030; Air pollution-linked deaths will triple by 2050 if no action is taken

Closing the Clean Power Gap

Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari
The gap between how much wind and solar energy we need to install to curb climate change and how much we are projected to add in a business-as-usual case will get wider over the next few decades. To close this…

California Goes Big on EVs

Expert BlogDr. Simon Mui
Governor Brown released an Executive Order today providing the details of an initiative to put 5 million electric-drive vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030, part of a new goal announced yesterday in his State of the State address.

Not in Our Atlantic: Our Ocean Economy Is Too Important

Expert BlogAlison Chase
It’s been an action-packed two weeks since the Trump administration released its polluters-first program to drill for oil and gas offshore the United States. The draft plan is an oil industry dream, an extreme first draft proposing to expose the…

Diablo Canyon Closure Decision Missing Critical Elements

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The historic proposal to retire and replace California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, was mostly rejected today in a final decision unanimously adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which removed critical elements protecting the climate, plant…

California Takes 5 Steps Toward Energy Equity

Expert BlogMaria Stamas, Isaac Sevier
The Energy Efficiency for All coalition marks 5 clean energy milestones that have resulted in more than $1 billion in new investment in low-income communities in California.

Cuomo Promises Progress on Clean Energy, Environment in 2018

Expert BlogRich Schrader
n his 2018 State of the State agenda unveiled this week, and in his live address today in the Capitol in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to significantly ramp up energy efficiency in the state and tackle a host…