GCC's Climate Policy Blog

Launched in Spring 2021, GCC's Climate Policy Blog provides commentary and analysis on climate and energy current events, law, and policy at all levels of government. Bringing together GCC's collaborative work and our staff's unique insights, we shed light on the latest developments in the fight against the climate crisis, and what they mean for a cleaner, better future.

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Blog | Resilience in Action: Insights from the 2024 Southwest Adaptation Forum

GCC Institite Associate Shapes Padilla (center) listens in as Dr. Karletta Chief, Director of the Indigenous Resilience Center at the University of Arizona, welcomes participants of the 2024 Southwest...March 28, 2024

BLOG | Signs of Progress: US DOT enables EV charging station logo signs along highways

Recent action by the federal government to allow businesses with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to appear on highway logo signs is a chance to create a better driving experience for EV drivers. It could also help boost the EV transition and ease range anxiety by increasing visibility of EV charging stations, but realizing these benefits will require action by state DOTs.
February 2, 2024

BLOG | A growing number of states are taking steps to align transportation planning decisions with climate targets

New state transportation planning requirements are important tools for reducing climate pollution State governments play key roles when it comes to setting the pace for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...January 10, 2024

BLOG | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding has the Potential to Reduce GHG Pollution from Transportation in New Jersey

Image from the NJ Dept. of Transportation Transportation accounts for more than 45 percent of New Jersey’s carbon dioxide emissions, making that sector by far the largest contributor to statewide greenhouse gas...May 10, 2023

Fact Sheet: U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

Fact sheet developed by GCC for state officials summarizing the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation DecarbonizationApril 5, 2023

Issue Brief: States Are in the Driver’s Seat on Transportation Carbon Pollution

& By James Bradbury, Zack Subin, Ben Holland, and Ryan Levandowski How states spend federal funding could shift carbon pollution from transportation by as much as 5 percent, making it harder or easier to...March 24, 2023

One Year Later: GCC reflects on the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

This article was originally posted as a Twitter thread @Climate_Center. Today marks one year since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...November 15, 2022

Driving Resilience: How the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can support widespread climate resilience

Resilience is integrated throughout sections of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (H.R. 3684, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and includes programs that can help alleviate the...August 11, 2022

8 Ways US States and Cities Can Create a National EV Charging Network

By: Devashree Saha (Word Resources Institute), Matthew Goetz (GCC), Dan Lashof (World Resources Institute), Franz Litz (Litz Strategies) Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise in the United States. The Biden...June 23, 2022

States Can Use Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Transportation Funds to Reduce Emissions and Lessen Vulnerability to Oil Price Shocks

In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, world oil prices spiked, from $94 per barrel the day before the invasion (February 23) to a peak of $127 per barrel on March 8, and have remained well over $100 per barrel for...June 1, 2022