Climate Change

Powering the Midterms: How Candidates Connected Clean Energy and Affordability

As governors-elect prepare to take office amid rising energy costs, their campaigns made clear that clean energy is part of the affordability answer, pointing to a policy path that pairs near-term relief and stronger utility oversight with clean energy and efficiency investments that will help lower bills over time.

Building a Clean Industrial Future: Policy Lessons From Climate Week NYC

Global policy leaders offer recommendations for a clean energy agenda that drives economic growth, creates good jobs, lowers household costs, and strengthens energy security.

The Trump Administration’s Actions Are Increasing Utility Bills in Arizona

1.85 million, or 52 percent, of electric utility customers in Arizona will pay more for electricity this coming year due to new Trump administration policies.

FEMA Was a Lifeline After Hurricane Helene Decimated What Was Once Considered a ‘Climate Haven’

The Center for American Progress' award-winning documentary, "Asheville is Calling: A Climate Change Emergency," centers on Colleen Daly, an Asheville, North Carolina, native and small-business owner who lost her home and nearly lost her business to Hurricane Helene. While the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided the essential lifeline that got her through the immediate crisis, seven months later, she and her community were still struggling to rebuild.

The Long Game on Energy Affordability

As electricity costs rise and states make important decisions about energy affordability, the most successful approaches protect consumers today while continuing to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy resources that lower bills over time.

CAP Testimony Before the House Committee on Small Business’s Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee

Trevor Higgins, senior vice president for Energy and Environment, testified before the House Committee on Small Business's Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains Subcommittee at a hearing titled “Fueling the Golden Age: Future Resource Needs and Small Business Opportunity.”

The Trump Administration’s Deep-Sea Mining Scheme

From the Pacific Islands to the ocean floor, the Trump administration’s deep-sea mining scheme could reshape the future of America’s territories and surrounding waters.

Censored: Erasing 250 Years of American History on Public Lands

CAP analysis of a leaked Department of the Interior database reveals the scope and scale of the Trump administration’s efforts to erase Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized histories—along with science-related content—from public lands nationwide.

Climate Action, Shared Solutions: Local Leadership on Energy Affordability and Extreme Heat

Latinos on the Front Lines of Summer Climate Disasters

This panel explored how summer extreme weather events—such as heat waves, wildfires, and droughts—are endangering the lives and livelihoods of millions of Latinos.

How Trump’s Cuts to FEMA and NWS Are Leaving Communities Defenseless Against Extreme Weather Disasters

Federal agencies help Americans prepare for, survive, and recover from extreme weather disasters, but the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Federal Emergency Management Agency weaken that lifeline at every stage of a storm.

ExIm Reauthorization Is a Chance To Reimagine the Bank as a Potential Engine of Climate Action, Industrial Development, and Job Creation

As Congress considers reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank of the United States, this moment should be leveraged to improve and modernize the bank.

Hoja informativa: Un plan para hacer la electricidad más asequible en EE. UU.

El plan de CAP ahorraría a los hogares más de $900 en costos de energía durante cuatro años, a la vez que construiría un mejor sistema energético que ahorraría a las familias estadounidenses miles de millones en los años venideros.

A Plan for American Electricity Affordability

CAP’s plan is a combination of immediate relief and investment to lower electricity system costs and deliver more than $125 billion in residential consumer savings, or around $900 per household, over four years, with billions more in savings thereafter.

Fact Sheet: A Plan for American Electricity Affordability

CAP’s plan would save households more than $900 in energy costs over four years while building a better energy system that saves American families billions in the years to come.

Unilateralism in trade calls for a new approach to build a green future

In an essay published by the International Network of Energy Transition Think Tanks, Ryan Mulholland argues that climate and trade policy should be treated as complementary disciplines.

State Climate Action in 2026: How States Are Delivering Real Benefits Through Climate and Clean Energy Policy

As the Trump administration drives up costs and creates new challenges, states are making timely decisions on infrastructure and accountability, advancing policies that tackle climate change, lower energy bills, improve air quality, and support good-paying clean energy jobs.

Climate Action, Close to Home

Please join the Center for American Progress for an event on local climate action during D.C. Climate Week.

Climate Change Is Here—and America’s Most Marginalized Communities Are on the Front Lines

After Typhoon Sinlaku devastated the Northern Mariana Islands Tuesday, it is clear that climate change is already here—and hitting marginalized U.S. communities first. What comes next must be a commitment to resilience, preparedness, and equitable recovery.

No More Reacting: An Argument for a Clean Industrial Policy—and Against Competitiveness as an Organizing Economic Principle

Moving beyond the failures of the Trump administration, the United States will need to embrace a strategy for fighting the climate crisis that prioritizes values such as support for working people and establishes a precedent for international collaboration.

Declining Global Demand for Oil and Gas Benefits Americans, and U.S. Policy Can Accelerate It

Through strategic policy tools including trade, security, and foreign development assistance, the United States can accelerate the peak in global oil and gas demand—resulting in cost savings, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and less reliance on volatile energy markets for Americans.

Fact Sheet: Declining Global Demand for Oil and Gas Benefits Americans, and U.S. Policy Can Accelerate It

This fact sheet contains topline analysis of and recommendations for reducing global demand for oil and gas through trade, security, and foreign development assistance.

The Trump Administration’s Fixation on Greenland Reinforces That Climate Change Is a Threat to Americans

Climate change is causing the Arctic to warm at an alarming rate, threatening to heighten geopolitical tensions in the region; yet instead of combating this threat, President Trump has halted all U.S. international climate action, putting Americans’ security at risk.

Why Energy Diversification Matters as Extreme Cold Intensifies

Extreme cold leads to energy price spikes and strains infrastructure, putting American families at risk.