Kristen Soares

Enacting effective data center regulations has been a key priority for climate and energy advocates in 2025. Without meaningful policy guardrails, unchecked data center development threatens water resources, energy affordability, grid reliability, and public health. Each state faces its own...

Once touted as a “bridge fuel” by the fossil fuel industry and its proponents, the reality is that natural gas infrastructure locks the U.S. into future emissions when cleaner alternatives exist. The future of natural gas is one of the...

While the federal government has spent much of 2025 eliminating climate programs, cutting clean energy funding, and rolling back environmental regulations, states across the country have been exploring a wide range of policy approaches in an effort to meet our...

As the federal government threatens states’ authority to regulate climate policy, environmental rights amendments (ERAs) present a key opportunity for states to guarantee the right to a clean and healthy environment through a constitutional mandate. These amendments can be used...

Investing in our energy grid secures reliable, resilient electricity and saves money in the long run. However, state policies working to accelerate these investments — including modernizing our transmission grid or expanding it to connect to new clean energy resources...

The budget reconciliation bill, signed into law by President Trump last week, guts federal climate and clean energy funding and is expected to eliminate American jobs, raise electricity prices, and worsen pollution and public health impacts across the country. There’s a...

After years of increased EV adoption, battery technology advancement, and many supportive policies across all levels of government, the Trump administration has begun rolling back federal clean transportation regulations and funding. During the next four years, it’s clear that states...

With the rapid buildout of data centers across the country, states must have strong policies to mitigate their impacts to the climate and local communities. While these resource-intensive facilities may support economic development, they also pose significant challenges for states...

States must prioritize transmission modernization and expansion to ensure a reliable, affordable, and resilient energy future, but much of the transmission grid is regulated at the regional and federal levels. It’s important that states are able to engage with other...