Posts Tagged Executive Branch
Keep on Trucking: The Biggest Coordinated Investment in Freight Electrification Is Here
A new freight electrification strategy shows that we don’t need to build charging infrastructure everywhere, all at once. The plan will strategically invest billions into electrifying the most polluted hubs, cleaning up air from “diesel death zones.”
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What Is Air Permitting? Here’s Why Reforming It Is Key for Decarbonization.
Within the Clean Air Act sits unclear guidance documents that are preventing the law from working as intended. To bring clean air to communities and decarbonize our economy, we need to reform air permitting. Here’s how—in five steps.
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What You Need to Know About the Pause on New LNG Projects
The Biden administration took a stand against the fossil fuel industry by pausing the approval of new gas export licenses to take a deeper look at how to account for harms to the public interest. Here’s what that decision means and what must come next.
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Republicans Are Trying to Burn It Down, Literally: Defending Climate Progress in 2024
Americans deserve a commander-in-chief with a strong climate track record and can meet the moment.
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The Biggest Public Utility in the U.S. Is Also One of the Dirtiest. Let’s Fix It.
The federal government runs the biggest public power company in the country, the Tennessee Valley Authority. It’s also one of the dirtiest. President Biden can use executive power to change that.
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Finishing the First Term Strong: Biden’s Climate To Do List
President Biden ran and won on climate. But there are still promises left unfulfilled. Here is what needs to happen in this important last year of his first term.
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Buildings Are a Huge Source of Climate Pollution. Here’s What Biden Can Do.
Buildings are a key part of our clean energy transition. Here’s how the Biden administration can make our homes, workplaces, and schools safer.
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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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Everything You Need to Know About the American Climate Corps
The ACC is a victory for young people, our climate, our jobs, and our future. Here’s what we know about the new program so far—and what should come next.
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Is EPA Going Easy on a Gas Plant in Your Community?
When EPA proposed its landmark carbon pollution standards for power plants earlier this year, the agency left out one big chunk of the fleet: 95 percent of fossil gas plants.
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