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The federal government must lead the charge to defeat the climate crisis and build a thriving and just clean energy future. Here at Evergreen, we’re creating the blueprint for exactly how policymakers can make it happen through actionable, ambitious climate policies.

The climate crisis is both an extraordinary challenge and an enormous opportunity to create a better future. Explore and download our reports to see how.

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A National Mobilization to Defeat the Climate Crisis and Build a Just and Thriving Clean Energy Economy

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6 Ways President Biden Can Use Executive Action to Take on the Climate Crisis

President Biden has the opportunity, and the duty, to mobilize greater executive action to ensure he meets his climate goals. This is our moment for climate action. And this moment will not come again.

Clean Energy Tax Credits Are an Essential Part of Budget Reconciliation

Federal lawmakers cannot afford to miss this moment to invest in clean energy tax incentives that will jumpstart bold climate action and help build a just and thriving clean energy economy.

5 Steps the Next Federal Reserve Chair Must Take to Address Climate-Related Financial Risk

This memo lays out why action by the Fed is essential, and 5 critical steps the next Fed Chair must take to protect our financial stability and confront Wall Street’s climate-risky behavior.

A Roadmap to 100% Clean Electricity by 2035: August 2021 Update

The U.S. must act urgently to reduce its carbon pollution to address the climate crisis. We need 100% clean electricity.

Biden Administration Should Be Leading Faster Electric Vehicle Transition

Light duty vehicles—cars and passenger trucks—are the most climate-polluting part of the most climate-polluting sector of the economy. President Biden cannot settle for less ambition than what is needed. The stakes are too high.

5 Clean Cars Investments Congress Must Include in Reconciliation

Driving toward a future of clean cars—a future with less pollution and more jobs—requires bold and ambitious investments, immediately. This memo explains what Congress must do, and why.

Building the Civilian Climate Corps

A new Civilian Climate Corps is uniquely positioned to jumpstart a revolutionary clean economy, preparing millions for good-paying careers while also strengthening American communities.

Clean Jumpstart 2021

Clean Jumpstart 2021 details 39 action steps—representing $2.3 trillion in federal investments—that Congress must take immediately to deliver economic recovery, climate action, good jobs, and justice.

Economic Recovery Begins at Home

A concrete plan to retrofit housing stock to promote health, lower home costs, create millions of good jobs, and advance 100% clean energy.

Stop Investing in Pollution

For too long, the United States government has been propping up the fossil fuel industry, using American tax dollars to fill the coffers of oil, gas, and coal corporations.

Five to Mobilize

Every federal agency must be a climate agency The Five to Mobilize campaign provides lawmakers, advocates and incoming federal staff with a clear path for climate action.

Preventing a Climate Crash

Climate change threatens the stability of the US and global financial systems—and, in turn, taxpayers, retirement savers, and working families.

Designing a New National Equity Mapping Program

By developing a more robust national Equity Mapping Program, the federal government can create a path to climate justice.

Advancing Offshore Wind Energy in the U.S.

The US can and should expand offshore wind infrastructure and pave the way for the reliable production of renewable energy close to major urban centers.

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