Destination: Zero Carbon
In the U.S., transportation is climate enemy number one. America’s transportation system produces more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector of our economy and, on its own, is responsible for...
View ArticleTen Ways Your Community Can Go Solar
This series of guides should serve as a toolkit for communities interested in leading the transition to clean, renewable energy. Each guide illustrates the importance of one of the following policy...
View ArticleShining Cities 2020
Solar power is expanding rapidly. The United States now has 77.7 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed – more than enough to power one in every 10 homes in America.1 Hundreds of...
View ArticleSafe for Swimming?
The Clean Water Act, adopted in 1972, set the goal of making all of our waterways safe for swimming. Nearly a half-century later, Americans visiting their favorite beach are still met all too often by...
View ArticleAmerica’s Top Colleges for Renewable Energy 2020
America’s Top Colleges for Renewable Energy 2020: Who’s Leading the Transition to 100% Renewable Energy on Campus? ranks campuses in three categories: shifting to renewable electricity; repowering...
View Article100 percent renewable energy for America
It's time to transform the way we produce and consume energy. In this fact sheet, we explore what 100 percent renewable energy means, how we can get there, and why its key for a cleaner, healthier future.
View ArticleRenewables on the Rise 2020
Clean energy is sweeping across America and is poised for more dramatic growth in the coming years. Wind and solar energy were just beginning to take off ten years ago; today, they are everyday parts...
View ArticleBreak the waste cycle
Election Day is less than a week away, and come January, returning and newly elected legislators will face a mounting plastic waste crisis. Nearly 100,000 tons of plastic -- enough to fill roughly 1.5...
View ArticleBlueprint for America
Americans agree: Our nation’s infrastructure needs work. This report provides the blueprint that should form the basis of an infrastructure plan that will make America stronger today and lay the...
View ArticleA Path to Cleaner Water
America’s waterways are a national asset. They are the places we swim on hot summer days, kayak with friends and family, spend a relaxing day fishing, and so much more. Yet billions of gallons of...
View ArticleMoving Forward Together
The 2020 election suggested that Americans are more divided than at any time in recent history. But in reality, there are a surprising number of public policies on which Republicans, Democrats and...
View ArticleFirst Things to Fix
After years of setbacks on the environment, in the Biden administration’s early days, it is critical that we take swift action to clean up our environment and address the climate crisis. There are...
View ArticleAccelerating the Transition to Electric School Buses
To protect our children’s health and environment, Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund has released a new report to identify new, cutting-edge ways that utility...
View ArticleSuperfund Underfunded
One in six Americans lives within 3 miles of a proposed or approved Superfund toxic waste site. Yet the program to clean up these sites has experienced a declining budget, and success, putting people...
View ArticleMicroplastics in Pennsylvania
Plastic is everywhere and in everything. It’s used as packaging, it’s in food service products, and it’s in clothing. All told, Americans generate over 35 million tons of plastic waste every year, 90%...
View ArticleOffshore Wind for America
Building a world powered by 100% renewable energy will make us both healthier and safer. To get there, we need to make simultaneous use of every source of renewable energy because each has its unique...
View ArticleCarbon Pricing 101
U.S. policymakers must use every practical policy tool to tackle climate change – promoting rapid deployment of renewable energy sources, investing in research and development of clean energy...
View ArticleA Perfect Storm
Today, one in five Americans lives within just three miles of a Superfund toxic waste site. Contaminants of concern at these sites include arsenic, lead, mercury, benzene, dioxin, and other hazardous...
View ArticleWe Have the Power
America has the power to build an energy system in which our energy comes from clean, renewable sources like the wind and sun.
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