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Webinar Recap: Climate Action Planning — Best Practices for Climate Pollution Reduction Grants and Beyond
With $5 billion in federal funding for climate planning through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG), nearly every state is developing or revising their strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to inform their Priority Climate Action Plan...
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...
Five Major State Climate Policy Trends in 2023
This year, states were better positioned than ever to pass climate policies that reduce emissions and build resilience. States with strong records of passing climate policy continued to codify mitigation tactics, while the country’s largest-ever influx of federal funding enabled...
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...
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...
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...
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...
