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State transportation officials and Georgetown Climate Center welcome final rule on tracking GHG pollution from federal highways

The Georgetown Climate Center and officials from states leading on clean transportation today welcomed a newly finalized rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation that will provide a nationally consistent framework...November 22, 2023

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2023 GreenTech Conference | Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act: Legal & Policy Challenges on the Road to Net Zero

On Nov. 8, 2023, Georgetown Climate Center, the Environmental Law Institute, and Georgetown Law's Environmental Law & Policy Program hosted the 2023 GreenTech Conference, "Implementing the IRA and Accelerating the...November 8, 2023

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East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor Freight Corridor Planning Project

The East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor Project is an effort to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission electric and hydrogen-fueled trucks to reduce emissions from freight along the I-95 corridor from New Jersey to...October 18, 2023

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Sept. 20 | NY Climate Week Side Event: Potential for Linking New York State Cap & Invest with Other Programs

You are invited to join a learning session to inform New York State's development of an economy-wide cap-and-invest program to reduce climate pollution, Sept. 20 during New York's Climate Week. Organized in partnership...September 19, 2023

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Learning Sessions to Inform New York's Development of an Economy-Wide Cap-and-Invest Program

As New York State works to develop the regulations to implement its groundbreaking economy-wide climate pollution reduction program, Georgetown Climate Center, Columbia's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and...August 25, 2023

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GCC submits comments developed with input from climate leadership states on US EPA power plant emissions standards

Letter reflects state support for standards that reduce climate pollution & identifies improvements to proposed rule Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) today submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental...August 8, 2023

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Meet GCC's Summer 2023 Research Assistants

Training the next generation of climate policy lawyers and leaders is a central part of GCC’s mission, and the Center is elevated by the new perspectives, diligent work, and passionate spirit of the Georgetown students...July 24, 2023

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Issue Brief | How Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring Can Make Climate Policy More Equitable

By James Bradbury & Emma Cross Community tour of an air quality monitoring station. (Image from Mecklenburg County) The passage of the federal Inflation Reduction Act[ref...June 1, 2023

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Report | Decreasing Flood Risk in the Midwest with Regional Collaborations

New report from GCC and Headwaters Economics: Five case studies offer lessons for local, state, and federal partnerships Every year, flooding causes billions of dollars in damage across the U.S., with devastating losses...May 24, 2023

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EPA's Proposed Power Plant Emissions Standards are an Important Step Toward Reducing Climate Pollution Nationwide

Statement from the Georgetown Climate Center The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s new proposed standards on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating plants are an important step...May 11, 2023