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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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Time to Bury Big Oil's Criminal Enhancement Bill for Good

Expert BlogIllinoisJ.C. Kibbey
An Illinois legislator is pushing for a bill which would significantly enhance criminal penalties for anyone entering or causing damage to a very widely defined group of “critical infrastructure facilities,” effectively chilling peaceful exercise of freedom of speech, and threatening…

Transportation Policies for NY to Achieve Its Climate Goals

Expert BlogNew YorkKathy Harris
If New York is to succeed in reaching its ambitious climate goals, it will need specific and bold transportation-focused goals and policies—while also considering long-term, sustainable ways to fund them. The comprehensive package of goals and policy recommendations can be…

Coming Soon: New Set-Top Boxes that Use 20% Less Energy

Expert BlogUnited StatesNoah Horowitz
New set-top boxes placed in our homes by your cable, satellite, or telephone company will soon use about 20 percent less energy than current models due to a new agreement reached with leading environmental groups. This is great news for…

Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2021? Give Taxpayers a Break.

Expert BlogUnited StatesSusan Casey-Lefkowitz, Sujatha Bergen
President Biden’s sweeping new economic recovery plan aims to revive a beleaguered economy from a devastating pandemic, help advance racial equity and stand up to the widening climate crisis. A critical piece of this plan is a commitment to eliminate…

Beat the Heat: Chandrapur Heat Action Plan

Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal
Drawing on lessons from the groundbreaking 2013 Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan, city, state, and national level authorities are ramping up to implement extreme heat warning systems and preparedness plans throughout India.

The American Jobs Plan: A Bold Down Payment for a More Just Future

Expert BlogUnited StatesStephanie Gidigbi Jenkins
The America Jobs Plan establishes a bold vision and new social contract for our nation's long-term economic recovery. It tackles climate change, addresses past investment challenges, and makes a significant down payment for fixing our nation’s aging infrastructure.

Biden's Accelerator Drives Recovery, Resilience and Growth

Expert BlogUnited StatesDouglass Sims
In the American Jobs Plan, the Biden Administration announced plans to invest $27 billion in a Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. This innovative national green bank has the potential to spark economic recovery and sustainable equitable growth around the country.

Local Governments Bullish on Renewables

Expert BlogUnited StatesJay Orfield
Local governments are ushering in a new era of efficient, healthy buildings, providing more options for walking, biking, mass transit, and electric vehicles, and moving the needle for the clean energy transition.

American Jobs Plan Would Invest In Cleaning Up US Industry

Expert BlogSasha Stashwick, Arjun Krishnaswami, Ben Longstreth
President Biden’s historic American Jobs Plan elevates climate progress in the industrial sector as a key driver of economic development—not just keeping jobs, but bringing manufacturing home. The plan promises to revitalize American manufacturing, invest in R&D to build next…

President Biden's Bold Plan to Build a Clean Electric Grid

Expert BlogYvonne McIntyre, Grant Carlisle, Jackie Wong
President Biden has laid out a bold vision for mobilizing our workforce and rebuilding our infrastructure to create a stronger and more resilient economy. Here we highlight three pieces of the American Jobs Plan that will help achieve what President…

“Building Back Better” Buildings

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek, Khalil Shahyd
President Biden’s new American Jobs Plan will put our country on a path to a better, more efficient future for all.

Biden Reversing Harmful Efficiency Rule

Expert BlogUnited StatesJoe Vukovich
Important changes to the Department of Energy’s appliance efficiency program will help save consumers money and keep pollution out of our air.

Biden Puts Electric Vehicle Jobs into High Gear

Expert BlogUnited StatesRoland Hwang
Through a massive $174 billion proposed investment, the American Jobs Plan would help put the electric vehicle market into the fast lane, bring the manufacturing supply chain for batteries and vehicles to the U.S., and ensure the creation of good-quality…

American Jobs Plan Would Catalyze Clean Energy Innovation

Expert BlogUnited StatesArjun Krishnaswami
The Biden-Harris administration’s infrastructure plan released today would accelerate climate innovation and bring the benefits of research & development, technology commercialization, and manufacturing to more communities across the country. The plan would lay a foundation for an economy that works…

The Fed Has All the Authority Needed for Climate Action

Expert BlogUnited StatesSarah Dougherty
Recent letters and statements from Senator Toomey could not be further off the mark about the Fed and climate change: studying climate risk and acting on it are clearly a part of the Fed’s congressionally- given powers and requirements

The Promise of Climate Resilience and Biden’s Jobs Plan

Expert BlogUnited StatesRob Moore
President Biden is unveiling his American Jobs Plan today, laying out a much-anticipated and bold vision for creating jobs, addressing inequity and inequality, and setting in motion one of the biggest single investments in the nation’s infrastructure of all time…