Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi created a House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis during the 116th Congress to recommend how Congress can “enable an inclusive net-zero economy” by 2050. The Committee’s report, based on public hearings, recommendations from the public, and inputs from other congressional panels, contains a comprehensive set of goals

The U.S. government is the largest single purchaser of building construction materials in the United States. The Rocky Mountain Institute developed this roadmap on how the government can reduce the cradle-to-grave embodied carbon emissions in public building projects over the next 30 years. It also contains recommendations on how the government can facilitate a larger

The U.S. Department of Energy signed an agreement with other federal agencies in 2022 to accelerate the decarbonization of the transportation sector. The agencies developed this blueprint and described it as a “comprehensive strategy for decarbonizing the transportation sector that will help guide future policy decisions, as well as research, development, demonstration, and deployment in

The world is transforming its energy system from one dominated by fossil fuel combustion to one with net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary anthropogenic greenhouse gas. This energy transition is critical to mitigating climate change, protecting human health, and revitalizing the U.S. economy. To help policymakers, businesses, communities, and the public better understand

Most roadmaps to zero-carbon futures focus on clean-energy technologies. This one focuses on nature-based solutions to climate change. It was issued by the White House following President Biden’s executive order on restoring forests, protecting coasts and marine ecosystems, reducing flooding, protecting biodiversity, and taking other nature-based steps to address climate change and its impacts. The

The world is transforming its energy system from one dominated by fossil fuel combustion to one with net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary anthropogenic greenhouse gas. This energy transition is critical to mitigating climate change, protecting human health, and revitalizing the U.S. economy. To help policymakers, businesses, communities, and the public better understand

The White House has issued its long-term strategy for the United States to achieve a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. That goal requires actions by every sector of the economy, it says. “There will be many challenges on our path to net-zero that will require us to marshal all our ingenuity and dedication. But it can and