As 2024 comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is looking back on another year of unprecedented state-led progress, collaboration, and action in the fight to curb climate pollution – and build a safer, healthier, better future for America.
Moving to secure a healthier future and a stronger economy for all Americans, the U.S. Climate Alliance today pledged to work to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61-66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035.
The U.S. Climate Alliance released a statement today in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of California’s waiver request for the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation.
This Learning Lab hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance convened teams of state and territory officials to maximize shared knowledge, catalyze action, and address unique and collective challenges to accelerate progress in climate-smart agriculture and forestry (CSAF).
On the heels of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Climate Alliance led a delegation last week to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where founding member Washington Governor Jay Inslee and top state officials from California, New Mexico, and Maryland, reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through bold and sustained state-led climate action.
Maine released an updated four-year Maine Won’t Wait action plan, reports the Maine Morning Star.
CPR News writes about the recent release of the Colorado Transportation Vision 2035.
USA Today reports on how the climate community, including U.S. Climate Alliance governors, will continue progress during the incoming presidential administration.
For a third year running, top women leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In convened at COP29 for a discussion on how they got their start, the unique perspectives they bring, challenges they face in their roles, their top climate and clean energy priorities, opportunities for collaboration, and much, much more.
Top local, state, federal, business, and civil society leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance, America Is All In, U.S. Green Building Council, and ICLEI USA came together for a dynamic discussion on the past year of climate progress and the work ahead to sustain and accelerate it, including action to achieve the country’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution.
Founding member of the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In Co-Chair Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined a conversation with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi about the durability, continuity, and strength of state-led climate action and the path they’re charting to our net-zero future.
Bloomberg Law writes about how the climate community, including U.S. Climate Alliance governors, will continue progress during the incoming presidential administration.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that founding Alliance member Washington Governor Jay Inslee will lead its delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) next week in Baku, Azerbaijan, alongside other top climate officials from California, Maryland, and New Mexico.
Reuters reports on how the climate community, including U.S. Climate Alliance governors, will continue progress during the incoming presidential administration.
ABC News writes about how the climate community, including U.S. Climate Alliance governors, will continue progress during the incoming presidential administration.
Today, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – issued the following statements after the election of President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Today, the leadership of the country’s top subnational climate action coalitions – America Is All In, the U.S. Climate Alliance and Climate Mayors – issued the following statement regarding the future of climate action in America after Donald J. Trump was elected President.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a plan with Airlines for America to increase sustainable aviation fuel in the state to 200 million gallons by 2035, writes the Associated Press.
Spectrum News 1 reports how New York’s solar production is enough to power 1 million homes and has generated billions of dollars in private investment.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, No Turning Back: America’s Governors Confronting the Climate Crisis & Building a Brighter Future.
Maine Wire describes the impact of Maine’s efforts to spur high-efficiency heat pump adoption across the state.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting reactions from across its coalition to the launch of the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative at Climate Week NYC 2024.
Colorado is leveraging funding from the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle the third-largest source of methane, writes Canary Media.
The U.S. Climate Alliance convened state leaders during Climate Week NYC to lead a conversation about how governors are advancing next-generation policies on natural and working lands, leveraging historic federal funding to accelerate action, and building resilient communities and ecosystems.
The Hill describes how the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative, announced during Climate Week NYC 2024, will expand career pathways in climate and clean energy fields.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.
The U.S. Climate Alliance launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.
Politico Pro covers the Alliance’s launch of the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative during Climate Week NYC 2024.
Bloomberg Law reports on the Alliance’s launch of the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative during Climate Week NYC 2024.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi will host a news conference tomorrow in New York City during Climate Week NYC, featuring a major announcement from the U.S. Climate Alliance.
The WHYY News Climate Desk reports on Pennsylvania’s Solar for Schools program.
The largest investment in climate action in U.S. history is supercharging state-led climate action across America.
Illinois’s Climate Works investment is creating clean energy jobs in Chicago’s South and West side neighborhoods, writes Energy News Network.
WKOW writes how Wisconsin became the first state to launch the HOMES federal Home Energy Rebate program.
The second round of awards were made through Massachusetts’s Affordable Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, reports Energy News Network.
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting governor reactions from across its coalition to funding awarded through the Biden administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program.
The Washington Post writes about awards made to local governments, including states, under phase two of the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program (CPRG).
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that its members have collectively secured approximately $2.6 billion in historic funding as part of the second phase of the Biden-Harris administration’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program.
ABC 6 reports on Rhode Island’s progress under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.
Washington’s Climate Commitment Act is helping Tribes facing the impact of climate change, writes the Associated Press.
Denver 7 reports on Colorado’s Environmental Justice Grant Program.
Michigan Advance writes how the state’s Community and Worker Economic Transition Office is poised to help workers transition to the clean energy economy.
WGME reports on the Maine Climate Council’s progress toward state-wide climate goals.
More than 100 participants gathered in Washington, D.C. for this two-day interactive, Alliance-led workshop focused on emerging methane monitoring, measurement, and detection technologies.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a comprehensive executive order that deploys a whole-of-government approach to fighting climate change, writes the Associated Press.
ABC News reports on Massachusetts’s billion-dollar proposal to make the state a global ClimateTech leader.
The Inflation Reduction Act-funded Home Energy Rebate program will help low-to-moderate income New Yorkers make important energy efficiency upgrades.
E&E GreenWire reports on the new partnership between 21 states and the federal government.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s launch of the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative, through which 21 states will partner with the federal government to speed improvements to the power system.
CNN reports on the new partnership between 21 states and the federal government.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. Together with Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, they will serve on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.
The Herald Editorial Board writes about federal Solar for All funding headed to Washington.
The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The U.S. Climate Alliance is today highlighting governor reactions from across its coalition to funding awarded through the Biden administration’s Solar for All program.
The Los Angeles Times writes about California’s ambitious nature-based solutions targets announced on Earth Day.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that 23 members have been awarded funding — approximately $2.9 billion collectively — under the Biden administration’s Solar for All competition.
Bloomberg Law reports on how state green banks are poised to secure federal funds and supercharge clean energy projects across the country.
The U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement in response to the final rule released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishing new, more protective federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and criteria pollutant emissions for light- and medium-duty vehicles, for model years 2027 and later.
The New York Times covers how Maine climate policies and incentives are rapidly expanding heat pump installations across the state.
As governors convene in the nation’s capital for the National Governors Association Winter Meeting, the U.S. Climate Alliance is spotlighting its members’ continued commitment to climate action in 2024.
Energy News Network reports that nine Alliance states will work together to ensure energy-efficient heat pumps comprise 90% of residential heating, air conditioning, and water heating sales by 2040.
USA Today dives into how Hawaiʻi is moving toward its 100% clean energy goal.
Alli Gold Roberts, senior director of state policy at Ceres, writes how Alliance states are proving that robust climate policy works.
Grist highlights the Alliance’s building decarbonization commitments in its review of climate action in 2023.
As we close the curtain on 2023, the U.S. Climate Alliance is celebrating another year of bold, state-led climate leadership, partnership, ambition, and action. In the face of increasing extreme climate impacts, it’s been all-hands-on-deck for the Alliance’s 25 governors.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, All Hands on Deck: Securing America’s Net-Zero Future with State-Led, High-Impact Action.
Leaders at the state, regional, local, and private sector levels discussed how the whole of U.S. society is mobilizing to advance climate goals while improving public health, creating green jobs, cutting consumer costs, growing the economy, advancing environmental justice, and transforming our future.
Top state officials from across the U.S. Climate Alliance highlighted how our climate action coalition is answering the call for America’s all-hands-on-deck moment and making progress toward near- and long-term emission reduction targets.
For a second year running, top female leaders from Alliance states and territories, including California and Maryland, and our partner organizations convened to discuss their top climate and clean energy priorities, opportunities for collaboration, and much, much more.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, alongside other top climate officials from California, Maryland, and New Mexico, will lead its delegation at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).
Before COP28, California state officials discussed how states and cities are taking climate action on the global stage.
The U.S. Climate Alliance commits to quadrupling heat pump installations by 2030.
The U.S. Climate Alliance commits to quadrupling heat pump installations by 2030.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced a series of new commitments from its members to eliminate emissions from buildings, including collectively quadrupling heat pump installations by the end of the decade.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi will host a news conference tomorrow in New York City during Climate Week NYC, featuring a major announcement from the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population.
The U.S. Climate Alliance unveiled a series of new commitments from its members to eliminate emissions from buildings, including collectively quadrupling heat pump installations by the end of the decade.
Alliance governors reflect on the Inflation Reduction Act’s bold, historic investment in U.S. climate action on its one-year anniversary. Across the Alliance, members are already leveraging these resources to tackle the climate crisis.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today launched a new website and first-of-its-kind Policy Database, which, together, provide one of the country’s most detailed snapshots of state-led climate action to date.
Governor Katie Hobbs today announced that Arizona has joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to securing America’s net-zero future by advancing state-led, high-impact climate action.
Carbon Mapper, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the Alliance collaborate to locate “super emitters” in Pennsylvania.
Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims comments on Minnesota’s latest sweeping climate action.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee talks about his climate work in his home state and as an Alliance co-chair.
Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims joins Washington state officials in discussing climate provisions offered by state and federal programs.
Maine Governor Mills is named a co-chair on the U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Committee.
New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham is named to the U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Committee.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee and Maine Governor Janet Mills have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. They will also join California Governor Gavin Newsom, and co-chairs elect New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.
Alliance co-chair Governor Jay Inslee of Washington shares his reflections on Earth Day and Washington’s climate leadership.
This convening, hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance, featured more than 100 officials representing states and territories across the country. Participants shared knowledge, solutions, and challenges to help catalyze action, and bolster implementation of state NWL plans.
Alliance Senior Policy Analyst Kareem Hammoud talks about state-led action on Buy Clean.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to grant two requests for waivers of preemption regarding four California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations related to California’s heavy-duty vehicle and engine emission standards.
U.S. Climate Alliance co-chair Governor Jay Inslee of Washington discusses state climate action with the Grid Forward podcast.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today welcomed the Biden-Harris Administration’s launch of the Federal-State Buy Clean Partnership and committed resources to expand collaboration and advance states’ procurement and use of low-carbon construction materials.
Pacific Daily News reports on Guam’s announcement to join the U.S. Climate Alliance, becoming the second territory to join the coalition.
Guam becomes the second U.S. territory to join the U.S. Climate Alliance and commits to upholding the climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Politico’s Morning Energy Newsletter reports the U.S. Climate Alliance’s recommendations for federal executive action on climate.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today called on the Biden administration to move swiftly on more than 20 specific federal climate actions that will support states and accelerate America’s transition to a net-zero future.
Alliance Managing Director Taryn Finnessey speaks with CapRadio about California’s unique approach to carbon sequestration.
WGMD reports on Governor Wes Moore’s announcement to continue Maryland’s membership in the U.S. Climate Alliance.
Maui News reports on Governor Josh Green’s announcement to continue Hawaiʻi’s membership in the U.S. Climate Alliance.
The Washington Post predicts that states will be central to U.S. climate action in 2023.
