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To meet the climate challenge, the United States needs a comprehensive national approach. Well-designed federal policy can cut emissions and strengthen resilience while driving economic growth.

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Federal Surface Transportation Reauthorization

For the first 50 years of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), user fees were sufficient to fund the federal portion of building and maintaining the nation’s transportation system. Limiting fees to actual users of services is seen as a more …

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’60 Minutes’ story on clean tech omits climate change
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The federal climate: A look back and ahead
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Meeting our energy needs
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Climate change bills in the 113th Congress
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We can build on innovative power sector policies
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The new coal plant standard
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President Obama’s Climate Action Plan in the Near Term
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U.S. Department of Energy Investment in Carbon, Capture and Storage

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) oversees federal efforts to advance the deployment carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. In addition to working on the research and development of CCS component technologies, DOE has provided financial support to multiple commercial-scale …

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Headwinds for coal