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Get Your HUD in the Game: Updating Household Energy Efficiency Standards Is a Powerful Climate Tool
Buildings are one of the most polluting sectors of our economy. The Biden administration has the power to cut carbon pollution in one-sixth of all new homes by updating one legally-required energy standard. This is what needs to happen next.
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What is the Climate Test? How Can We Use It to Stop the Next Mega Fossil Fuel Project?
U.S. energy infrastructure should support our climate goals, not undermine them. Here are the three key principles to designing the best possible climate test—so we start approving the good, not the bad.
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Biden Will Soon Wield His Most Powerful Executive Authority on Climate
EPA is expected to propose updated carbon standards for power plants in the next few weeks. These rules are the president’s single most impactful opportunity to reduce carbon pollution through executive action.
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Evergreen Explains: EPA’s Clean Cars Rule
EPA just released new light-duty vehicle standards. Read why these rules are so important and what they mean for tackling climate change, advancing environmental justice, and improving public health.
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What Are Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS)? Breaking Down EPA’s Proposed Rule
Mercury and air toxics are a problem for our public health. EPA just released a proposed rule to curb these toxic chemicals from their largest source—power plants. Here’s what it says and why it should be strengthened.
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How We Can Advance Environmental Justice by Tackling Transportation Sector Pollution
Transportation is an environmental justice issue. By evaluating programs like NEVI, one of the first Justice40 programs to roll out, we can help ensure government agencies and states center equity in the push towards a clean transportation future.
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Five Ways the Inflation Reduction Act Can Help Us Hit Our Clean Power Goals
Here are the five main opportunities within the IRA we must seize to decarbonize the power sector effectively and equitably.
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The Willow Project’s Approval Is Unacceptable—How Do We Stop It From Happening Again?
These three critical actions can help stop projects like the Willow Project in the future.
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One Year Later: EPA’s Power Plant Pollution Plan—7 Critical Rules to Watch
It’s been a year since Administrator Regan announced EPA would deliver on key power sector rules. The next few months are critical.
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Lena Moffitt: Getting to Work as Evergreen’s New Executive Director
What brought me to the climate movement and my vision for the next stage of Evergreen’s growth.
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