Memos
Abundant, Affordable, Healthy, and Climate-Smart Housing for All
The next four years represent an opportunity to address the intersecting housing, energy affordability, and climate crises. It’s time to enact a bold agenda to lower costs for families and reduce both toxic and climate pollution from our buildings.
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How the Climate Movement Can Use the End of Chevron to Close Pollution Loopholes
The overturning of Chevron is the latest example of the Supreme Court making up new rules to attack environmental and public agencies. But the fight is not over, and our movement can take advantage of this recent development to deliver wins for climate.
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More than Electric Cars: How to Finally Cut Transportation Pollution
The zero-emission vehicle market is growing courtesy of the Biden administration and leading states, but emissions are still up. Here’s how we finally cut climate pollution from transportation.
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Public Money Is Funding Carbon Sequestration. Here’s How IRS Must Demand Oversight.
The 45Q tax credit could channel billions of tax dollars to carbon capture, and key guidance coming soon can help make sure the public gets what it is paying for.
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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: A Review of State-Level Priority Climate Action Plans
Evergreen Collaborative, RMI, and Climate XChange compiled data from all 47 state-level Priority Climate Action Plans. View trends across states and different approaches states took in developing their plans through this comprehensive survey.
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Five Ways States Can Unlock Virtual Power Plants for Grid Flexibility and Decarbonization
These low-hanging fruit policies enable states to meet rising electricity demand without raising costs or increasing pollution. It’s time to deploy VPPs and demand flexibility at scale.
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Pennsylvania’s Opportunity to Cut Industrial Pollution and Create Jobs
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is taking a big step forward by pursuing major federal funding to slash industrial emissions and grow the clean industries of the future.
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Overcoming the Headwinds
States have experienced significant setbacks in offshore wind development in the last year, but the fundamentals of U.S. offshore wind are still good. States have ample opportunity to get back on track and achieve their clean energy goals.
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Electrifying All U.S. Trucks Is Possible—Here’s How
Cleaning up decades-long transportation pollution in port and freight communities is possible by electrifying our trucks and buses. Here’s how the White House can help build the infrastructure to make it a reality.
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9 Actions Pennsylvania Can Take in 2024 to Maximize Federal Clean Energy Investment
As Governor Shapiro Prepares His 2024 Budget, Here Are 9 Ways He Can Bring in Federal Investment From the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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