Reports and publications
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Beyond R&D: Climate innovation policy can help the U.S. meet the moment
Type: Link
Date: March 2, 2022
Together with Third Way, EDF co-hosted a Climate Week 2021 event on how U.S. climate innovation policy can accelerate a cleaner, stronger and more equitable economy. Here are four big takeaways.
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Gas Prices and Energy Bills Are Going Up. Will COP26 Help Bring Them Down Again?
Type: Column/Article
Date: March 2, 2022
Your energy bills are probably going up. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. is currently $3.38 a gallon, 56% more than a year ago.
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2021 saw major momentum for U.S. climate innovation: the research, development and scaling up of new solutions needed to tackle climate pollution, create jobs across the U.S. and reduce energy costs.
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Recapturing U.S. climate leadership with a bold new commitment to the Paris Agreement
Type: Report
Date: March 2, 2022
To restore American leadership and meet the scale of the climate crisis, the Biden administration must put forward a bold new commitment to the Paris Agreement – a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – that is both ambitious and credible.
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Through the process known as budget reconciliation, Congress is now considering significant investments in climate action that could supercharge economic and job growth. With so many moving pieces, it can be difficult to know what to watch for, which is why we’ve homed in on four key questions to ask as the process unfolds.
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Why the Department of Energy launched an ‘Earthshot’ effort to draw down and store carbon pollution
Type: Link
Date: March 2, 2022
At a COP26 event on November 5, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced a new, visionary effort to scale up solutions that can draw down and store carbon pollution from the atmosphere: The Carbon Negative Shot.
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Carbon removal tech could help us draw down historic pollution and go beyond net-zero. But it needs the right policy.
Type: Link
Date: March 2, 2022
EDF working paper explores policy tools that federal policymakers could use to quickly and responsibly begin deployment of Direct Air Capture facilities, one of several possible carbon removal approaches.
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EDF fact sheet on Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which refers to a class of natural and technological strategies designed to remove carbon pollution directly from the atmosphere.
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Achieving net-zero GHG emissions by mid-century requires a shift to low-carbon technologies throughout our energy system, many of which are not yet at significant commercial scale.
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The climate innovation blueprint: An analytical framework for aligning federal energy innovation budgets with climate goals
Type: Report
Date: March 2, 2022
Aligning federal innovation budgets with climate goals.