Environment America’s October 2023 report shows that renewable energy is rising in the United States. Since 2013, the amount of solar energy in the United States has grown nearly twelvefold, while wind energy has increased 2.6fold. The United States’ reliance on renewable energy has grown from 5% to 17% in the past ten years. Despite...
The United States is a large country spanning thousands of miles across the North American continent, including the state of Alaska and the island chain of Hawaii. Many problems exist in the United States regarding drastic weather events, including wildfires, flooding, extreme heat, and drought. Although some of these severe weather events used to be...
The Sunrise Movement operates mostly remotely and is a youth-led organization focusing on reducing carbon emissions. It was founded in 2017. In 2018, it was popularized by a sit-in with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Nancy Pelosi’s office to support a Green New Deal. After this event, hundreds of hubs were established across the country. In 2019,...
Only thirteen states have adopted an emissions trading system in the United States. Eleven states in the northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont) are part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which is a cap-and-trade program. California also has a cap-and-trade program, while...
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce emissions in their country’s government over the past year. Below is a copy of the letter sent to each nominee and why they were chosen to receive this award.US 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Jay Inslee,...
In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in Congress through President Joe Biden’s push for climate legislation. Hailed as a victory for some environmentalists, the Act has garnered criticism from many. Originally proposed in the form of the Build Back Better Plan, the measure did not pass and was rewritten as the IRA. The...
Michigan’s Healthy Climate Plan According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the average annual temperature in Michigan rose three degrees between 1900 and 2023. Last year, the final version of the Michigan Healthy Climate Plan (MI Health Climate Plan) was released by EGLE. This is a long-term climate change adaptation...
Grand Rapids, MichiganGrand Rapids is a rapidly growing mid-sized city of about 200,000 people that acts as a central hub for ongoing social justice and political movements in West Michigan; probably one of the biggest items on the city’s agenda is addressing climate change. The city has recently become involved in the climate justice movement,...
