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Follow the Leaders
The State Impact Center convened a group of state AGs and a representative of the administration to discuss the path forward on climate action; hear what they had to say, and learn more about our latest report.
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Bold Ambitions, Strong Foundations
Infrastructure week has finally arrived. If passed, President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, a $2 trillion effort to simultaneously invest in the country’s infrastructure and combat climate change would be one of the largest domestic investments in the country since World War II.
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Presidential Precedent and the Cost of Carbon
The Biden administration’s actions on social cost of greenhouse gases triggered a new lawsuit from conservative attorneys general, providing a useful chance to highlight this little-known tool and the court cases that have developed around it.
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The Climate in Congress
In the midst of working on the COVID-19 relief package, Congress has also taken initial steps toward a legislative response to the climate crisis.
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Electrifying Your FERC Work
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is going in exciting directions that all clean energy advocates need to know about.
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The Power Grid in Focus
FERC is taking a leadership role on climate and the grid with a broader proceeding to examine the threat that climate change and extreme weather events pose to grid reliability.
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Wheels of Change
As agencies adjust to the direction of the new Biden administration, there are two important trends on display: one with the agencies and the other in court.
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Perseverance and New Beginnings
The Biden administration has made quick moves to return to a climate-driven agenda. But if those policies are to be long-lasting, then there is much work to be done. It is time for a different type of advocacy.
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Full Court Press
Over the past four years, state attorneys general have successfully executed the legal equivalent of a full court press against the Trump administration’s assault on our nation’s climate, clean energy and environmental laws.
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Cl**n En*rgy: A Dirty Word, Apparently
The Trump administration has been quietly sabotaging clean energy initiatives for nearly four years. But its utter disregard for climate change, its related disdain for clean energy, and its heavy hand favoring fossil fuels, are now out in plain sight.
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A Timely Teach-In
Next Wednesday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is holding a virtual “teach-in” that will address how regulated power markets are slowing, and making more expensive, the state’s transition to clean energy.
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Introducing the Midnight Watch Project
With fewer than 80 days separating the election from a new president’s inauguration, there is precious little time to prepare a new team to begin governing.
