Policy

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our brand new State Climate Policy Dashboard (The Dashboard) serves as a one-stop shop for all things state climate policy. The Dashboard has two main components: 1) the State Climate Policy Tracker, which tracks 51 climate policies across all 50...

Since 2017, carbon pricing has been on the mind of Maryland legislators and it has received national recognition as one of the most promising states when it comes to passing legislation. With over 3100 miles of shoreline, Maryland is also...