In the context of the shift to a clean energy economy, how does the American Jobs Plan help workers and communities dependent on the coal industry? Read more >
American Jobs Plan Offers Welcome Focus on Rural Communities
Jeremy Richardson, senior energy analyst
April 2, 2021 10:34 AM EDT
President Biden's American Jobs Plan takes a big step forward on the path to a clean energy future. But we'll need more to complete the journey.
The American Jobs Plan Takes Next, but not Last, Step on Clean Energy
Sam Gomberg, senior energy analyst
April 1, 2021 2:03 PM EDT
President Biden’s new American Jobs Plan includes spending proposal on a wide range of infrastructure needs across the nation, many of them critically overdue. Eliminating the dangers of lead water pipes, repairing crumbling roads and bridges, and building the resilience of our communities to the myriad threats they face. It also includes a long overdue and critical down payment on our clean energy future. Combined with President Biden’s new push to develop the nation’s offshore wind resources this is a big step forward on the path to a clean energy future. But it is not as big and comprehensive as we need to swiftly decarbonize and address the urgency of climate change. Read more >
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We Have an Infrastructure Plan
Julie McNamara, Senior Energy analyst
March 31, 2021 1:35 PM EDT
The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan is a vision, an outline, an actionable course for how to advance desperately needed change. It needs work. It needs to be pushed on scale, and on scope. But it’s a plan. Which means we now have a plan to build from, and a plan to build on. Let’s build. Read more >
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How California Will Prepare Its Infrastructure for More Climate Catastrophes
October 13, 2020 5:05 PM EDT
Few people think very much about infrastructure. When roads, power lines, and water systems work, we tend to take it for granted. But when they fail, the loss is immediately apparent and sometimes hugely harmful to human life. As the impacts of climate change become more perilous, we must build infrastructure that can keep up with a changing climate. That is the essence of “climate-safe” infrastructure. Read more >
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How Clean Energy is Part of Economic Recovery after Pandemic
Mike Jacobs, Senior energy analyst
April 2, 2020 11:21 AM EDT
Policymakers looking to rebuild our economy must keep in mind peoples’ needs for the future after this public health crisis. Now, medical and safety needs for frontline workers are the first priority. Thinking about recovery, strengthening policies for the clean power sector and the people who work to build a cleaner and more robust energy supply will make us healthier in the future. Congress can rebuild the economy with smarter investments in clean energy which will also lower the costs of electricity.
