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The exterior of "Timber House," courtesy of Mesh Architectures

On an urban two-way street, Timber House's wooden frame points to a different way of assembling housing. (Courtesy of Mesh Architectures.)

Timber House: Can Mass Timber Help Decarbonize Real Estate?

Bryson Wiese
March 13, 2023
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Real estate is the source of around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, including 11% that come just from making building materials. Mass timber panels, which consist of small pieces of softwood glued together, offer a lower-emissions alternative to steel and cement, as well storing carbon sequestered by trees. Driven...
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Nuclear Option

February 17, 2023
Source: The Seattle Times
As this February 14 story shows, nuclear power is becoming a stronger consideration for governments seeking a ready carbon-free source.
Goods that cross the ocean get crossed up in the supply crunch (photo courtesy Ana Ulin)

A container ship on its way to a commercial port...or is it? (Photo by Ana Ulin, courtesy Creative Commons.)

Policy Memo: Establishing a Pacific Coast Framework For Sustainable Maritime Fuels

David Fujimoto
February 14, 2023
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The Pacific Coast of North America is home to five of the 10 largest continental ports, more than 55 million people and an economic output of $3 trillion (Pacific Coast Collaborative, 2022). Collaboration on the scale of the Pacific Coast can provide a cohesive approach to maritime industry decarbonization to...
This photo of Arkabutla Lake, Mississippi evokes a hydropower project this fund has staked.

This photo of Arkabutla Lake, Mississippi evokes a hydropower project this fund has staked. (Photo by Sean Davis via Flickr Creative Commons.)

Policy Pinpoint: Bring a Flashlight on a Camping Trip

Alec Appelbaum
November 22, 2022
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The Inflation Reduction Act blazes miles upon miles of trail with clear markers in what had been overgrown backcountry. And the inconclusive recent climate negotiations that the United Nations sponsored in Egypt work as charcoal-gray clouds overhead. Where are attentive capitalists placing investment now that scale is possible and challenges...
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And at the Edge, Beam Keeps Upping Its Off-Grid Charging Game

August 06, 2021
Source: KMPH TV
We wrote last year about Beam, the startup with plans to run electric-vehicle charging stations on on-site solar and pay for itself with advertising. Amid a call for a national mandate that would electrify half of the United States' cars, Beam kept reporting orders from cities and ran a test EV aircraft flight. This July 17 TV dispatch offers some details.
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Commentary

How States Are Leading on Climate Action

December 18, 2019
Source: The American Prospect
"In Washington and many other states, we are using innovation and cooperation to grow jobs and protect the planet. As Washington’s governor, I know firsthand the obstacles states face when they respond to increasingly devastating floods, wildfires, and earthquakes, and other catastrophes made worse by a changing climate."
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DC Passed the Most Ambitious Clean Energy Law in the U.S. Now What?

May 29, 2019
Source: Greater Greater Washington
In January 2019, the District of Columbia passed the most ambitious clean energy legislation in the nation. However, local climate activists say the hard work is just beginning — they want to know who will lead the DC and whether the law will benefit the least-privileged residents of the District.
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Electric vehicle charging / Automotive Rhythms / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Is California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Incentivizing Electric Vehicle Deployment?

Sola Zheng
May 29, 2019
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Research on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program suggests the LCFS program design of capacity-based credits has the potential to increase EV deployment, but that some unanswered questions need to be addressed before the point-of-sale rebate program can do the same.
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Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities

April 18, 2019
Source: Yale Environment 360
More than a dozen states are adopting “community solar” programs that are bringing solar power and lower energy bills to low-income households from New York to California.
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External News

Will the Green New Deal Work? Here's What the Research Says

February 13, 2019
Source: Pacific Standard
The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades. And their research can tell us a bit about what might happen if we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.

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