Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition
The US must cut emissions by about half this decade to give the world a shot at limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. And clean electricity has to be the backbone of the energy transition — the critical piece that all the other sectors will slot into. Not only will getting to 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 directly cut more than a quarter of US carbon pollution, it will also enable large parts of our transportation, building, and industrial sectors to run on clean power.
We research and advocate for the policies and political conditions necessary to decarbonize the United States energy sector by 2035 and the rest of the world soon afterwards.
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Republicans and Democrats alike are installing rooftop solar
Americans from across the political spectrum are participating in the clean energy transition – and rooftop solar households are more likely to vote than their neighbors without solar
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Report: A Roadmap to 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
Clean energy standard policies are a proven, popular, and practical approach to effectively drive clean energy transformation on the ground. In this report, we outline how Congress can use a CES to put the U.S. on a path to 100% clean electricity by 2035.
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Linking climate policy with social policy makes climate policy more popular
Efforts to recycle carbon tax revenues to publics in Canada and Switzerland haven’t increased policy support.
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Report: Green stimulus, not dirty bailouts, is the smart investment strategy during the coronavirus recession
This issue brief examines how the CARES Act was deliberately misapplied to the fossil fuel industry, which was already on the ropes before the coronavirus recession. We also examine how future stimulus funds could be targeted toward clean energy, which would create more and better-paying jobs to power our economic recovery and address the climate crisis.
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Messages matter when it comes to renewable energy policy
How we talk about renewable energy policy can push US public opinion above or below majority support.
