The largest investment in climate action in U.S. history is supercharging state-led climate action across America.
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.
As an action-packed year comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is taking a look back and highlighting a few key moments and reflecting on the enormous progress we’ve made. We can’t wait to carry this momentum into 2023.
Moving to accelerate the country’s transition to a net-zero future, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — “Enabling Industrial Decarbonization: A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States” — that details strategies and pathways for policymakers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial manufacturing sector.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — “Natural and Working Lands and Climate Action: A State Guide to Enhance the Sector’s Contribution to State and National Climate Goals” — to help states further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maximize carbon sequestration and storage from natural and working lands (NWLs).
After spotlighting state-led climate action on the global stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt — alongside its delegation of more than a dozen top officials from five Alliance states, including Washington Governor Jay Inslee and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham — the U.S. Climate Alliance today vowed to carry this momentum into the new year.
State and local officials from America Is All In and the U.S. Climate Alliance convened a discussion with top Administration officials on the work being done — and still to come — to make this transformation a reality and the value of partnership between all levels of government.
This event, hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance, featured a conversation with four women leading the charge in Hawaiʻi, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Washington.
Hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In, this event featured Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and Oakland, California Mayor Libby Schaaf.
Hosted by the U.S. Department of State, this event brought together representatives from the national and subnational levels.
Participants discussed new climate investments that help meet the U.S. nationally determined contribution as well as inspire and impact global action.
U.S. Climate Alliance Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and Jay Inslee of Washington and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi led an important discussion on how, together, we can deliver on the promise of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The NM Political Report covers New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appearance at COP27 while taking part in the U.S. Climate Alliance delegation.
Living on Earth speaks with Lauren Sanchez, Senior Climate Advisor to Governor Newsom, to discuss California’s climate priorities.
Hosted by UC Berkeley’s California-China Climate Institute, this event at COP27 explored California’s interagency-based regulatory framework to plan and execute climate action.
“The mandate from the people: work on the environment.”
The U.S. Climate Alliance today unveiled its United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) delegation — including Washington Governor Jay Inslee, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and more than a dozen top officials from five Alliance states.
The Washington Post explains how states across the country have established programs providing a pathway for young people to work on climate action.
KUNM covers the Alliance’s 2022 Annual Report, which shows that member states pollute less, save more energy, employ more clean energy workers, and are better prepared for climate disasters compared to the rest of the country.
The U.S. Climate Alliance hosted a news conference with New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy at the Javits Center in New York, New York.
The bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, “Full Speed Ahead: States Delivering the Next Generation of Climate Action.”
As the Biden Administration and the nation’s governors prepare to supercharge climate action with the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released new tools and resources to help states better utilize the social cost of greenhouse gases and deliver a more just and equitable transition.
Bloomberg Law speaks with Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims about the impact and potential of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
“There has been lots of talk about federal climate action. Don’t sleep on state climate action.”
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 makes meaningful investments in state climate action, providing critical resources to accelerate state leadership in tackling greenhouse gas emissions and protecting Americans from climate impacts.
Route Fifty speaks with Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims about the impact and potential of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
In response to the release of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement from Executive Director Casey Katims. This legislation comes after 22 Alliance governors called for a bold climate and clean energy package from Congress in June.
The Associated Press covers a statement by U.S. Climate Alliance Co-Chairs, Governors Jay Inslee (WA), Kathy Hochul (NY), and Gavin Newsom (CA), reaffirming the Alliance’s commitment to power sector decarbonization in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in WV v. EPA.
Politico reports on a push by environmentalists to focus attention on state climate action.
NBC News speaks with U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in WV v. EPA.
In response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Climate Alliance issued the following statement. Governors in the Alliance are leading the way in decarbonizing the power sector through ambitious state policy pathways and programs.
The Washington Post reports on a letter signed by 22 Alliance governors calling for swift passage of a climate and clean energy federal legislative package.
In a letter to Congressional leaders today, 22 U.S. Climate Alliance governors called for swift passage of a robust federal legislative package with the climate and clean energy investments and incentives our country needs to confront the climate crisis, improve public health and equity, cut costs for businesses and families, and grow the economy.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today marked its fifth anniversary with a series of video messages, featuring White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and several leading Alliance governors, including the governors of Oregon, North Carolina, Wisconsin, New York, Hawaiʻi, Washington, Connecticut, Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Casey Katims, who most recently served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been named Executive Director. The Alliance also announced that Taryn Finnessey has been promoted to Managing Director of the Alliance.
“Governors are at the forefront of the battle to address climate change.”
