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Insights from ARPA-E 2026: The Business Case for Clean Energy Just Got a New Name
The message around clean energy has new some new buzz words; Affordable; Reliable; Secure. By: Laura Kimes | April 14 The slide behind the stage on day one read: Why This Moment Matters. Affordable. Reliable. Secure. This was a far cry from my colleague Sandra’s “clean energy clarion call” experience at the same conference just three years ago. I was at the ARPA-E 2026 Energy […]
Face-to-Face with Federal Lawmakers: E2 Advocacy in the Nation’s Capital
Calling on Congress to Support Clean Energy & Innovation By: Sandra Purohit, Andy Wunder | March 31, 2026 Leading cleantech investors, developers, and innovators visited federal legislators on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. in March for one of E2’s signature advocacy efforts. With energy prices soaring and demand for energy exploding – while the Administration continues to block essential energy projects across the country and destabilize clean energy innovation support […]
Abandoning Businesses: Effects of the Repeal of the EPA’s Endangerment Finding for Vehicles and Trucks
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 […]
Why I’m Optimistic About 2026
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 […]
The Equity Engine of the Inflation Reduction Act: the Greenhouse Gas `Reduction Fund
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
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 […]
E2: Showing Policymakers the Companies Driving North Carolina’s Clean Economy Expansion
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 […]
The Inflation Reduction Act is Working. So is America.
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…
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 […]
Bringing the Pro-Clean Energy Business Voice to Life in North Carolina
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 […]
A Clean Energy Clarion Call at ARPA-E
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 […]