Domestic Climate
It's time to build a 100 percent clean future, deliver on environmental justice, and empower workers to compete in the global clean energy economy.
What We're Doing
Building a 100 percent clean future
Stabilizing global warming starts with cutting carbon pollution in the United States to half of peak levels by 2030, leading global net greenhouse gas emissions to reach zero by midcentury, and sustaining net-negative emissions thereafter.
Creating good jobs in the United States
Building a 100 percent clean future will create millions of new jobs, and policy must ensure that these jobs are located here in the United States and provide workers fair wages, good benefits, and full collective bargaining rights.
Fighting for environmental justice
Partnering with environmental justice advocates to turn the tide against environmental injustice, economic inequality, and climate change will ensure everyone can realize their fundamental right to clean air, clean water, and healthy, thriving communities.
Learning from leadership in the states
Creating a road map for federal action will lift up lessons learned from the states, local governments, and tribal nations that have made important strides for climate, justice, and jobs.
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Featured Work
Budget Reconciliation Is the Key to Stopping Climate Change
Implementing Biden’s Justice40 Commitment To Combat Environmental Racism
Creating a Domestic U.S. Supply Chain for Clean Energy Technology
Featured Experts
Cathleen
Kelly
Senior Fellow
Christy
Goldfuss
Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
Elise
Gout
Senior Policy Analyst
Mike
Williams
Senior Fellow
Mikyla
Reta
Senior Policy Analyst
Sam
Ricketts
Senior Fellow
Shannon
Baker-Branstetter
Director, Domestic Climate and Energy Policy
Trevor
Higgins
Vice President, Climate Policy
Latest
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How Environmental and Climate Injustice Affects the LGBTQI+ Community
This Pride Month, policymakers and the environmental movement must consider how environmental injustice affects the LGBTQI+ community.
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Fight for Our Future: Activists Demand Action on Climate and Justice
On Saturday, April 23, activists took to the streets of Washington, D.C., to demand that our leaders finally deliver on climate, care, jobs, and justice.
Uplifting Women in the Clean Energy Economy
Increasing women’s participation in the clean energy economy will further America’s progress on climate action and improve women's economic security.
Implementing Ocean Climate Solutions and Marine Protected Areas Require U.S. Leadership at the Our Ocean Conference
The seventh Our Ocean conference takes place this week in Palau, and the United States can lead global commitments on protecting nature that have stalled since the onset of the pandemic.
How States Can Use the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Enhance Their Climate Action Efforts
Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach to climate action, state, local, and tribal governments can leverage custom, flexible solutions through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The Road to 30 Gigawatts: Key Actions To Scale an Offshore Wind Industry in the United States
To ensure the United States is set up for a sustainable future that supports local communities, creates good jobs, and minimizes impacts on the environment, the country needs a thriving offshore wind industry.
5 Reasons Why the United States Can’t Drill Its Way to Energy Independence
The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations.
The Biden Administration’s Easiest Climate Win Is Waiting in the Arctic
The ConocoPhillips Willow oil project threatens to erase the climate benefits of renewables on public lands and waters.