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.
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
Bianca
Majumder
Policy Analyst
Cathleen
Kelly
Senior Fellow
Christy
Goldfuss
Senior Vice President, Energy and Environment Policy
Elise
Gout
Policy Analyst
Mike
Williams
Senior Fellow
Mikyla
Reta
Policy Analyst
Sam
Ricketts
Senior Fellow
Shannon
Baker-Branstetter
Director, Domestic Climate and Energy Policy
Trevor
Higgins
Vice President, Climate Policy
Latest
Fighting Climate Change, From Capitol Hill to City Hall
This report details case studies from six states and two cities to help inform how the United States can enact a whole-of-government approach to climate action.
After the loss of three giants of conservation, Biden must pick up the mantle
Christy Goldfuss writes about why President Biden should focus on conservation.
Innovating Fiscal Policy To Power Enduring Rural Prosperity
Mark Haggerty discusses the shortcomings of current fiscal policy design and explores the potential for policy redesign at all levels of government to better sustain rural communities reliant on natural resource industries.
State Budgets Tied to Fossil Fuels Are Slowing the Energy Transition and Leaving Workers and Communities Behind
Oil and gas lobbyists have spent decades working to entrench dependence on fossil fuels. Solutions require a new model that builds wealth and empowers rural communities.