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Colorado Passes Embodied Carbon Legislation
It is unlikely that you know how much carbon was produced by making your driveway. But if you did, you might think about ways to build it better.

Financing 1.5°C: The Big Banks have Set Climate Targets—Now What?
A lot has happened in the financial sector since RMI launched the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (the Center) a year ago. Particularly in North America, banks increased their climate ambitions: As of June 2020, not one of the 10 largest private banks (by total assets) across the United States and Canada had made a 2050 net-zero commitment.

Getting More Solar on Rooftops Across the Country
To meet the US goal of decarbonizing the power sector by 2035, we need to rapidly green the grid. A large part of that means…

How Congress Can Accelerate Zero-Emissions Homes
The Biden administration has set an ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 to help avoid the worst impacts of climate disruption. As a result, 2021 may…

Clean Energy Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
Both science and our everyday reality are now screaming an inconvenient truth: Our climate is changing and forcing us to urgently respond. To meet this…