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Cities and states commit to renewable energy with their own Green New Deals

States, Cities, and Counties in the U.S. Commit to 100 Percent Clean Energy

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The Green New Deal introduced into Congress is effectively dead, but that does not mean that ambitious plans to tackle climate change are dead in the U.S. States, cities, and counties have developed plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with commitments to 100 percent clean energy.

Young Americans: Trump isn't protecting the environment

More than Eight in 10 Young Americans Think the Trump Administration Could Be Doing More to Support Clean Energy

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

The political issues young American’s are concerned about. Nearly eight in 10 survey respondents (77%) said environmental issues are more important to them now than they were two years ago.

How California Is Tackling Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

In view of the urgent warnings recently issued by the IPCC, we can look to California for its leadership in reducing GHG emissions.

Charitable Foundations Pledge $4 Billion for Global Climate Action

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Announced at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, the $4 billion pledged is to be invested in advancing deployment of low- and zero-carbon solutions.

On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit, Jerry Brown signs SB100 into law

California Governor Signs Historic Bill on the Eve of Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Where ambition finds a home World leaders and participants from around the world are gathering this week in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit. The goal of the summit is to “take ambition to the next level.” Since agreed to in Paris in December 2015 and signed on Earth Day the following year, the Paris Agreement has looked…

The Case For Carbon Pricing

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The Florida Republican House representative Carlos Curbelo recently introduced legislation that would put a price on carbon. The legislation, called the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, or the MARKET CHOICE Act (H.R. 6463), would impose a tax on carbon emissions starting at $24/ton of carbon equivalent (CO2e)…

When government falters, business can lead on climate change action

Business Leads the Way In Climate Change Action

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Where government fails, business can lead. That axiom has never been truer than it is now under President Trump. Trump announced on June 1, 2017, that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate treaty. Businesses began signing the We Are Still In declaration in June 2017, along with mayors and governors. The coalition now has over 2,700 representatives from…