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Federal Energy Efficiency: Promoting Equity and the Planet

Expert BlogUnited StatesKhalil Shahyd, Lara Ettenson
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect low-income communities of color and threatens to plunge our economy deeper into a recession at a time when many families and communities are already struggling to meet basic needs. The federal government should…

The Potential Eviction Crisis Could Create a Debt Time Bomb

Expert BlogUnited StatesKhalil Shahyd
If Congress doesn’t urgently act, U.S. households that are most vulnerable to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic face the increasing threat of evictions at the worst possible time—and America risks a consumer debt time bomb.

China Leveraging Green Finance for a Green Economic Recovery

Expert BlogChinaAlfonso Pating
China’s decarbonization can leverage assets owned by its commercial banks, with total outstanding loan balance of Chinese commercial banks is approaching 120 trillion RMB, to stimulate a green economic recovery.

Supporting Clean Energy Now More Than Ever

Expert BlogUnited StatesMarc Boom
As a whole this package of incentives would provide a level of investment in clean technologies that hasn’t been seen at the federal level for a decade and will do some serious good in the fight to cut carbon pollution…

COVID-19 and Climate Change: Creating the Political Will

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
The global response to the COVID-19 crisis has shown that strong policy actions that seemed infeasible months ago were in fact implemented across the globe to avert disaster. This indicates that our governments (and businesses and other organizations) could take…

Industrial Efficiency Can Restore Jobs and Competitiveness

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
Programs to increase the efficiency of energy use in industry can speed the economic recovery from COVID-19 while continuing to cut climate pollution emissions. These programs produce more and better jobs, and increase participating companies' global competitiveness.