Polluter Loophole Bill

Why the Polluter Loophole Bill Must Be Stopped

What is the Polluter Loophole Bill? The Polluter Loophole Bill is a side deal announced by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). This legislation, negotiated in secret as part of the effort …

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National Voter Poll on Water

A poll of 2,184 registered voters in the U.S. about drinking and wastewater infrastructure.

Electric Vehicles and the Power Grid 2023

National laboratories, utilities, and pilot projects have all found that electric vehicles (EVs) can be integrated into power grids in ways that benefit communities and vehicle owners while improving grid reliability and resilience. With five U.S. states now committed to …
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Climate Nexus Finance Newsletter

The Climate Nexus finance newsletter delivers a weekly update that looks ahead to the big stories and players at the intersection of climate change, finance, regulation, clean energy, and oil and gas. Finance Newsletter | January 16, 2024 Reframing ESG, …

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Climate Nexus Clean Energy Newsletter

The Clean Energy Newsletter delivers the week’s top energy transition stories every Wednesday afternoon. Clean Energy Newsletter | May 31 2023 Former whaling town embraces offshore wind, green shipping corridors take shape, solar energy investment overtakes oil Public housing retrofits …

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How Renewable Energy Bolsters the Grid Against Blackouts

Fossil-fueled climate events stress the grid Climate change is fueling extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, and hurricanes, which are overtaxing America’s outdated power grid. In a May 2023 report, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a regulating authority that monitors the …
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Voters Support Clean Energy Infrastructure

A poll of 4,673 registered U.S. voters on support for investments in clean energy infrastructure and strengthening methane regulations.

How to Talk About Climate Change 2019

Clean Energy Jobs & Union Labor

Examples of union labor working in the energy transition can be found across the United States; in renewable energy installations, electric vehicle manufacturing, building retrofits, and other infrastructure projects. These growing parts of the organized labor workforce are strengthening ties …
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Electric Car and Truck Charging, Explained

What are some charging and equity considerations? Low-income communities and communities of color disproportionately feel the impacts of vehicle pollution and can benefit the most from the clean air and cost-saving benefits of electric cars and trucks. Yet, as more …
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The Technocratic Approach to Climate Change, Explained

The scope of the climate crisis and the growing impacts from a warming world are drawing together an increasingly diverse set of people working to address this existential threat. The experts, advocates, and groups within this widening community approach climate …