Why the EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding for Vehicles and Trucks is Bad for the Economy and Bad for the Environment By Daniel Baker To start, a couple of key facts. Greenhouse gases (GHG) are directly linked to climate change. A warmer planet is really, really bad for business. That makes the EPA’s decision to officially reverse its stance on the scientifically established harms […]
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E2’s Executive Director Anticipates Even More Clean Energy Growth and Positive Climate Action in 2026 By Bob Keefe Look past the headlines, tune out the chaos, and 2026 seems poised to be another banner year for clean energy and climate action. Hard to believe? Understandably so. But consider: The smart money is still betting on […]
What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? By Ellen Wang and Defne Aslan, E2 Summer interns One program from the Inflation Reduction Act that many states, nonprofits, and business leaders have been eagerly awaiting the full rollout of is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), an unprecedented federal investment in the clean economy. The GGRF is […]
Georgia — and the Clean Economy — On My Mind When it comes to the nation’s transition to a clean economy, there’s one state leading all the rest: Georgia. You read that right. Since the passage of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), at least 26 major clean energy and clean vehicle projects — including factories building electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries — have been announced […]
The E2/NCSEA Tour Group at Plantd’s Facility in Oxford, NC Like much of the rest of our country, North Carolina is experiencing an accelerating boom in its clean energy and cleantech industries, driving economic development and job growth in communities across our state and setting us on a fast track to the clean energy economy of […]
By now, there’s a good chance the nation’s most important climate and clean energy policy is already creating jobs and driving economic growth in your state. And maybe in ways you might not expect. E2’s just-released analysis of the economic benefits since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law one year ago shows that private […]
Why we need strong vehicle and power standards for our economy to thrive in the face of climate change The first two weeks of July saw the hottest temperatures on Earth in recorded history. As virtually the entire planet swelters, the human and economic costs to the U.S. and other global economies are rising. In 2022 […]
If I had to choose just one moment when the power of E2’s work becomes crystal clear, it’s this: the look on the face of a policymaker when a full delegation of business leaders enters their office to deliver the economic case for climate and clean energy policies. The Business Delegation for E2’s First-Ever North […]
From photovoltaics and artificial intelligence to seaweed farms and microgrids, the perfect antidote to climate change anxiety was on display last week at the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit at the National Harbor in Maryland. ARPA-E, which stands for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, hosted a program that provided hundreds of incredible innovators […]
New York’s Promise — A Clean Energy Future New York is off to the races as the 2023–24 State Budget negotiations are in the home stretch. Some early agreement between the legislature and executive branch indicates a positive outlook for achieving the clean energy future promised by the state’s landmark Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act. But we’re […]