Climate and Land Use Planning: A Policy Guide for U.S. States and Territories helps states better understand how to use and manage lands in ways that reduce climate pollution and build greater resilience to climate impacts.
As the Trump administration announced it will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – delivered a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell making it clear to the global community that climate action will continue in the U.S.
Report details how a surge of investment, collaboration, and action from the Alliance’s 24 member states and territories – alongside the Biden-Harris administration – is eliminating harmful climate pollution, growing the economy, and transforming communities across America.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting timely approval of California’s waiver request for the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting California’s request for an authorization under the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the In-Use Locomotive Regulation (IULR).
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting timely approval of California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation.
The Alliance’s 25 member states and territories are projected to reduce collective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025 and achieve their near-term climate goal.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting rapid finalization of strengthened power plant rules under section 111 of the Clean Air Act to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new and existing fossil-fueled power plants.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to urge the agency to finalize strengthened federal light- and medium-duty (LD+MD) and heavy-duty (HD) vehicle emission standards.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support the inclusion and utilization of updated estimated values for the social cost of greenhouse gases (SC-GHGs), a key metric in assessing the true cost of climate damages.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to President Biden outlining more than 20 specific actions the administration should take at the federal level to cut emissions across sectors, empower climate-leading states, advance environmental justice, increase resilience, lower energy costs, and speed our transition to a net-zero future.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide input on the design and deployment of new Climate Pollution Reduction grants, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Enabling Industrial Decarbonization: A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States details strategies and pathways for policymakers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector.
The State Guide to Enhance the Sector’s Contribution to State and National Climate Goals offers sector-specific guidance and dozens of case studies to help integrate NWLs into state climate goals.
The Alliance’s 24 states and territories are tackling climate change while achieving lower levels of harmful local air pollution, delivering more energy savings, employing more clean energy workers and preparing more effectively for climate impacts.
The Just and Equitable Transition State Policy Framework and its accompanying Resource Guide serve as a toolkit for states that want to build and strengthen just and equitable transition policies.
The Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases: A Guide for State Officials, produced for the Alliance by the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law, informs states’ use of the SC-GHG in policymaking and analysis.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to support the timely adoption of a final rule that establishes anticipatory long-term regional transmission (LTRT) planning designed to respond to the needs of a changing electricity grid.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strongly support approval of California’s clean trucks rule and urge EPA to grant California’s request for a waiver under the CAA.
In a letter to congressional leaders, 22 U.S. Climate Alliance governors called for swift passage of a robust federal legislative package with the climate and clean energy investments.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to respond to EPA’s “Reducing Climate Pollution from New Gas-Fired Turbines” draft whitepaper and provide input on how these mitigation technologies can support a range of state and federal programs and efforts to reduce emissions from the electricity sector.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to provide feedback on the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), and to encourage CEQ to work even more closely with Alliance states in the refinement of this tool.
Alliance states and territories are delivering on their climate commitments and are on track to meet 2030 and 2050 climate goals.
An update to the 2018 version, the 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted letters to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and congressional leaders to highlight several common-sense changes to federal funding rules that will enable states with the greatest staffing, budgetary, and capacity constraints to effectively utilize — and therefore maximize the impact of — federal funding opportunities.
The 2021 Building Decarbonization Roadmap, produced by RMI through collaboration with staff from various state offices as well as industry experts, is a tool designed to summarize the highest-impact actions that states can take to decarbonize.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to congressional leaders to urge swift passage of an ambitious infrastructure package centered around bold clean energy and climate investments that create high-quality jobs.
As U.S. Climate Alliance states and territories created more than 133,000 new clean energy jobs and outpaced the rest of the nation between 2016-2019.
The Guide to Natural and Working Lands Inventory Improvements is intended to help advance states’ progress and evaluates current NWL inventory methods among U.S. Climate Alliance states, identifies gaps and provides information and resources.
Alliance states and territories are building capacity to aggressively address the climate crisis despite federal rollbacks.
The U.S. Climate Alliance submitted a letter to congressional leaders to outline recommendations for federal COVID-19 emergency and relief efforts.
The U.S. Climate Alliance supports the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019 as it is currently written and strongly encourages congress to pass this bill as drafted, and work with states on swift and effective implementation.
The U.S. Climate Alliance responded to a Request for Information issued by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and outlined how Alliance members can serve as a valuable resource in shaping an effective legislative climate framework.
Alliance states and territories are filling the federal leadership void through thoughtful, coordinated state action.
The U.S. Climate Alliance has urged Secretary Perry and the U.S. Department of Energy to withdraw a proposed rule that dramatically weakens energy efficiency standards for general service lamps, which account for a significant percentage of Americans’ total electricity consumed.
To assist states and localities in accelerating solar adoption, the U.S. Climate Alliance partnered with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) to elevate crucial strategies and tools for state and local governments.
RMI created this Non-Wires Solutions Implementation Playbook to delineate innovative approaches to spur non-wires solution adoption and recommend planning and operational strategies to improve non-wires solution processes.
The New Governors’ Resilience Playbook helps new governors mitigate costs and threats from extreme weather and natural disasters through effective resilience and climate preparedness strategies.
The U.S. Climate Alliance sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) emphasizing the need for strong clean car standards that reduce vehicle pollution and improve efficiency to protect our health, environment and climate, while strengthening U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and creating American jobs.
Alliance states and territories are doubling down on our commitment to meeting our share of the U.S. emissions reduction target.
This Roadmap brings the SLCP Challenge for reducing short-lived climate pollutants to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement to action by outlining a menu of options states will consider.
The U.S. Climate Alliance sent a letter to leaders in the Senate and House Appropriations Committees requesting that Congress protect critical funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Supporting energy innovation is essential to America’s energy transformation and our battle against climate change.
Alliance states and territories are halfway to the Paris Agreement target while outperforming other states in economic growth.
