To help U.S. cities meet, or beat, their renewable energy goals, the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), World Resources Institute (WRI), and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) have kicked off a joint effort to help cities procure over 2.8 GW of renewable capacity. The new program, called the American Cities Climate…
How Virginia can meet its Clean Power Plan targets
Editor’s note: Virginia is taking steps to reduce carbon emissions. To this end, the World Resources Institute released a fact sheet that examines how the state can better use its existing policies and infrastructure to meet its emission standards under the Clean Power Plan. To learn more, download the fact sheet here. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has signed an executive…
China is leaving the U.S. behind in clean-energy investments
This new blog post comes from authors Joel Jaeger, Paul Joffe, and Ranping Song with the World Resources Institute (WRI). WRI is a research organization that spans more than 50 countries and has more than 450 experts and staff working with global leaders on taking action to sustain our natural resources. As 2017 begins, China is poised to…
5 questions to ask about the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
By: Rebecca Gasper and Kristin Meek from World Resources Institute Last June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the first-ever standards to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution from existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan. After an extended comment period during which the agency received more than 4 million comments, EPA is expected to…