In his FY 2022 Federal Budget, President Biden proposes key steps to grow clean energy in the power sector and strengthen the communities that have historically powered America.
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…
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…
The past year added telling illustrations of how crucial energy efficiency and other approaches to smart energy use will be in phasing out U.S. carbon emissions, known as “decarbonization.”
Local energy distribution companies like Pepco are critical to helping their customers reduce pollution and save money by supporting energy efficiency measures for their homes and businesses, helping customers switch to electric vehicles, and promoting electric space and water heating.
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NRDC experts take a deep dive into President-elect Joe Biden’s key plans to address climate change—the strongest national climate agenda ever laid out by a U.S. president-elect.
Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Ben Longstreth
El presidente electo Biden presentó los compromisos climáticos más audaces que cualquier otro presidente haya presentado jamás. El definió la crisis climática como una de las cuatro “grandes batallas de nuestro tiempo”, junto con la pandemia, la recuperación económica y…
Expert BlogUnited StatesDerek Murrow, Ben Longstreth, Sam Krasnow
The power sector has the potential to deliver much of the solution to the climate crisis if we can clean the grid and electrify many other sources of emissions.
The House of Representatives’ Special Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has finally released its long-awaited plan to tackle the climate crisis. It’s a 547-page roadmap for an “all hands-on deck” approach to putting the U.S. on a path to…
The latest lawsuits aim to reinstate rules that save consumers billions of dollars at the pump and spare the climate millions of tons of carbon pollution.
