Kristen Soares

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Webinar Recap: The State of State Climate Ambition — Modeling Policy Progress and Opportunities with RMI

As legislative sessions wrap up across the country and billions of federal climate dollars continue flowing to states, identifying priorities for future policy action is critical. To help states understand these opportunities, RMI partnered with Climate XChange on 20 State...

Webinar Recap: Anti-ESG Legislation — Why it Matters and What States Can Do

States across the country have seen a wave of legislative attempts to prevent state governments from contracting with companies that consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in their investments. These “anti-ESG” bills take various forms, including “boycott bills,” which...

Building State Capacity to Unlock Federal Climate Dollars: Insights from the State Funding Readiness Project

Sharing lessons learned across state lines is becoming increasingly important as states across the country begin implementing new federal climate dollars in their communities. Building capacity and providing technical assistance is essential to ensure state governments and their partners can...

Webinar Recap: Capitalizing on Climate Cash — State Strategies for Leveraging Federal Funding

With hundreds of billions of climate dollars unlocked by recent federal funding initiatives, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), states must be prepared to receive and leverage their money for climate and...

Webinar Recap: 2023 State Climate Policy Trends — What’s on the Horizon This Year

As state legislative sessions begin around the country, staying up to date with the latest policy trends is essential for any climate actor. In this webinar, Climate XChange invited a group of experts to explore what climate policies are being...

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Webinar Recap: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is — Best Practices for Implementing Biden’s Justice40 Initiative

In January of 2021, President Biden made a commitment to ensuring that 40 percent of certain federal investments related to climate and the environment benefit disadvantaged communities, the Justice40 Initiative. While this lofty goal designates climate justice as a national...

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Webinar Recap: Green Banks and the IRA — How States Can Leverage Funding for Climate Action

Among the many pro-climate funding mechanisms in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the creation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $20 billion to establish a national green bank, and an additional...

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Webinar Recap: Structuring State Governments to Prioritize Environmental Justice

As a core tenet of the environmental movement, environmental justice (EJ) continues to evolve in the state policy arena. However, states are realizing that as justice and equity policies progress, their government structure must also evolve to meet these new...

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

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...