Federal
Webinar Recap: The Budget Bill’s Climate Impacts and What States Can Do
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...
Webinar Recap: The Future of the IRA — Preparing for Potential Changes to Federal Climate Funding
Climate advocates across all states and sectors are facing uncertainty about the future of climate, environmental, and clean energy progress as we head towards a change in federal administration in January. One consequential question mark is the fate of the...
What the New Federal Climate Bill Means for State Policy
This Sunday, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 through the budget reconciliation process. The bill contains many provisions originally included in President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, including almost $370 billion for climate investments. Overall, the bill has...
Federal Climate Funding Initiatives: What States Need to Know
With the creation and continuing development of several new federal funding initiatives like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Build Back Better, Justice40, and others, many are wondering how state-level climate action will be affected. States looking to secure funding...
Fossil Fuel Industry’s Influence in the 2020 Congressional Elections
For decades, the fossil fuel industry has attempted to influence and stifle the United States’ climate policies at both the federal and state level. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce — the largest dark money, pro-fossil fuel trade association in the...
No Climate, No Deal
In his 2020 campaign, President Joe Biden demonstrated a clear and ambitious proposal to tackle the climate crisis — his famous $2 trillion climate plan. The plan appealed to millions of voters and included critical climate actions such as transitioning...
Two Years Later, Legislators Reintroduce Green New Deal Bills
More than two years ago, on a chilly February day, two of the nation’s most progressive lawmakers made headlines after introducing a resolution calling for a Green New Deal. This resolution — now a household name — laid out a...
Secretary Haaland’s Unique Position to Lead Interior
On March 15, 2021, Representative Debra Haaland was confirmed for Secretary of the Interior in a historic vote. After a lengthy confirmation process the Senate voted in favor of her confirmation by a margin of 51-40. Senate Democrats voted unanimously...
International Climate Policy and John Kerry’s New Role in President Biden’s Administration
Days after President Joe Biden was elected in November, former Secretary of State John Kerry was announced to be the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Kerry will be the first to hold this position in a presidential cabinet, making...
