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Massachusetts State House at sunrise, where the state just passed a new climate policy.

Massachusetts Takes Another Step Forward In Climate Policy

August 11, 2022

Carrie Katan is Climate XChange’s Massachusetts State Manager, leading our organization’s efforts in the Green Future Now Coalition. After two years of negotiations, advocacy, and research by environmental advocates and lawmakers, Governor Baker has signed H.5060 An Act driving clean...

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In a 6–3 ruling released Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down the EPA’s ability to broadly regulate emissions. This decision will make it exceedingly difficult for the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas pollution in time to avoid the...

Renewables & Energy Storage

Policy Explainer: Building Foundations for Renewable Energy through Net Metering

June 24, 2022 by Climate XChange Staff

Renewables & Energy Storage

Policy Primer: Unlocking Renewable Energy Potential through Policy Stacking

June 9, 2022 by Climate XChange Staff

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Massachusetts, Research

New Climate XChange Report: Investing in a Better Massachusetts

May 24, 2021 by Ruby Wincele

An Analysis of Job Creation and Community Benefits from Green Investments This report analyzes the potential job creation and quality of life benefits from investing in clean transportation, sustainable development, clean energy, energy efficiency, and natural resource conservation in Massachusetts. These...

Research

Independent System Operators (ISOs) & Carbon Pricing: An Explainer

September 29, 2020 by Climate XChange Staff

Independent System Operators (ISOs) & Carbon Pricing: An Explainer is a report by Lucy Davis-Hup, Emerson Johnston, Mridhu Khanna, and Sudhanshu Mathur, all of whom are State Carbon Pricing Network Fellows at Climate XChange.The next game-changing actor on the carbon...

Research

Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State

June 30, 2020 by Jonah Kurman Faber

This report analyzes the potential jobs and community health benefits created by a sample portfolio of investments in Washington State. We find that investing in clean transportation, forest conservation and ecosystem restoration, clean energy, water and energy efficiency, low carbon...

California, Research, WCI

Cap-and-Trade in California: Health and Climate Benefits Greatly Outweigh Costs

March 16, 2020 by Marc Breslow

We compare the costs of greenhouse gas reduction programs to the value of reducing the worldwide dangers of climate change and of improving health outcomes to determine whether the programs are a cost-effective means for spending large amounts of state...

News and Insights

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Intersection

Webinar Recap: Tackling Preemption: Fighting State Efforts to Block Municipal Climate Action

May 19, 2022 by Kristen Soares

In the absence of state and federal climate action, cities around the country have turned to local policies to ensure a cleaner, greener future for themselves. Unfortunately, many state legislatures have introduced and even enacted bills that prohibit such local...

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Policy

State Policy Snapshot: This Year’s Biggest Climate Change Solutions

April 29, 2022 by Ruby Wincele

Nearly 1,300 climate and environment bills have been introduced across the country in 2022 so far, according to the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) Bill Tracker. While many states are still in session, it’s worth taking a look at...

Parking lot covered by solar panels which makes use of open space leading to emissions reduction.

Politics

How states can respond to the latest IPCC Report on Reducing Emissions

April 22, 2022 by Greg Casto

Key Takeaways Greenhouse gas emissions are still increasing, and they must stop soon Low-emissions technology is getting more affordable We can’t afford any more fossil fuel infrastructure Some of the carbon in our atmosphere needs to go Policies need to be thoughtfully designed and effectively...

Intersection

Webinar Recap: Equitable Climate Programs at the State and Local Level

April 22, 2022 by Kristen Soares

Including equity in climate action is of the utmost importance, but many climate policy actors may be unsure of how exactly to do so in their climate programs. With the influx of federal climate funding initiatives and the ever-increasing pressure...

Interviewee, McKenna Dunbar standing in front of a field of wildflowers

SCPN Spotlight

McKenna Dunbar on Youth Voices in the Climate Conversation

April 21, 2022 by Izzy Hamilton

All across the country, members of our State Climate Policy Network (SCPN) are fighting to make an impact on climate change in their communities. We have individuals in our Network from all 50 states, each experiencing climate change differently in their local...

Statue of Thurgood Marshall in front of the Maryland State House

Maryland, Politics

Maryland Sets a New Standard for State Climate Policy in 2022 Session

April 15, 2022 by Wandra Ashley-Williams

On Monday, April 11, 2022, at midnight, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned its 2022 legislative session with a few big wins for the environment. While several bills await the Governor’s signature, we already know that many environmental bills will become...

Politics

What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Appointment Could Mean for Climate Policy and the EPA

April 15, 2022 by Greg Casto

Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nomination to the country’s highest court. Jackson will be the first Black female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and take the place of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Since Jackson was...

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Justice, Politics

To Achieve Environmental Justice, States Need to First Define It

April 7, 2022 by Say Sánchez Osorio

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stresses that our window of opportunity to secure a livable future is rapidly closing, with those most vulnerable to the changing climate being recognized as primarily belonging to low-income communities or...

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