Posts Tagged State Climate Action
Here's How Two IRA Programs Can Improve Access to Clean Power in Rural Communities
Thanks to the New ERA and PACE programs, nearly $11 billion in federal funding is now available to rural communities to lower energy costs, reduce pollution, create new jobs, and help build our clean energy future.
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What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund?
The GGRF provides $27 billion to communities to invest in clean energy projects. Here's why this program is such a big deal.
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Michigan Wants (and Needs) 100 Percent Clean Energy. Here’s How We Make It Happen.
The Michigan legislature is considering an ambitious climate and clean energy package that could help correct decades of unreliable power and high electricity costs.
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What Are Clean Energy Tax Credits and How Do They Work?
Clean electricity tax credits are powerful incentives to decarbonize the power sector, build the clean energy workforce, and strengthen domestic supply chains. Here’s how they work.
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What Is the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program?
The CPRG program provides $5 billion to states, local governments, and Tribes to tackle climate pollution and deliver clean energy to communities.
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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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Climate Action Means Jobs: Here’s the Proof
Creating clean energy jobs through climate action is no longer just a vision—it’s happening. Meet Akinlana Abdalla, who’s helping build a clean energy future in Wisconsin.
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How Did Minnesota Pass a 100 Percent Clean Electricity Standard? We Talked to the Experts
Evergreen interviewed Minnesota House Majority Leader Jamie Long and Fresh Energy Executive Director Michael Noble, who were both instrumental in passing 100 percent carbon-free electricity in Minnesota.
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Unlocking the IRA: Six Key Opportunities for State Policymakers
Here’s how states can capitalize on historic climate and clean energy funds.
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New Year's Resolutions for Governors: 4 Key Actions for Climate, Jobs, and Justice in 2023
States have a generational opportunity to both implement and build on the federal victories the climate movement secured in 2022. 2023 needs to mark the beginning of an era of accelerated state climate leadership.
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