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Energy and Environment
Kat So is a research associate for Energy and Environment Campaigns at American Progress. She is also the project coordinator for the Ocean Justice Forum.
Prior to joining American Progress, she interned at Mass Audubon, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Public Affairs, and the Nature Conservancy in Coastal Programs. So received her bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in environmental and marine studies and is an alumna of the Sea Education Association.
The U.S. government should protect Americans’ right to work and recreate on the coasts by requiring that publicly funded projects provide and improve public access.
Ocean carbon dioxide removal solutions may contribute to policies and strategies that achieve the goal of negative emissions by midcentury, but implementation at scale must be balanced with concerns about unintended environmental impacts, environmental justice, a social license to operate, and governance issues.
The financial toll of extreme weather events fueled by climate change is at an all-time high and requires that Congress take bold action to move the country toward a 100 percent clean future.
A healthy U.S. ocean requires both sustainable fisheries management and marine protected areas.
These fact sheets explore how states are experiencing climate change differently—and how the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks are affecting each state.
