News Issue Brief | Building Local Governance Structures for Evaluating Data Center Proposals Five steps local governments can take to prepare for decisions about data centers Local governments across the country are responding to the prospect of data center development, as well as growing public concerns about...September 3, 2026
News Issue Brief | What to Make of Data Center Moratoriums? A framework for identifying three different types of data center moratoriums at the local and state levels. State and local governments have been proposing – and in many cases enacting – moratoriums on data center...August 12, 2026
News GCC Resources on Data Centers & Large Electric Load Growth *NEW* Issue Brief | Building Local Governance Structures for Evaluating Data Center Proposals (September 3, 2026) Issue Brief | What to Make of Data Center Moratoriums? (August 12, 2026) Issue Brief | State...August 12, 2026
News Understanding Recent Federal Actions |The Trump Administration's Use of the Defense Production Act and How it Relates to States This explainer is part of GCC’s efforts to help state officials and stakeholders understand how recent federal actions may affect state policies and programs related to clean energy, climate change, and climate...June 30, 2026
News Issue Brief | State Utility Tariffs: A Tool to Manage Large Load Growth Demand for electricity is rising rapidly due to the growth of data centers and other new large electric customers, as GCC recently highlighted in an introductory blog on large loads. In a new issue brief released today,...March 20, 2026
News Statement on the US EPA's Reversal of the Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases “EPA’s reversal of the Endangerment Finding undermines decades of progress to address the existential threat of climate change,” said Kate Zyla, Georgetown Climate Center’s Executive Director. “The Agency’s...February 12, 2026
News Understanding Recent Federal Actions | Offshore Wind Development GCC Explainer | Key Trump Administration Actions to Restrict Offshore Wind Development This explainer is part of GCC’s efforts to help state officials and stakeholders understand how recent federal actions may affect...February 5, 2026
News Understanding Recent Federal Actions | "Energy Emergency" Declaration and State Energy Policies This explainer is part of GCC’s efforts to help state officials and stakeholders understand how recent federal actions may affect state policies and programs related to energy and climate change. Our goal is for this...July 1, 2025
News GCC Explainers | Understanding Recent Federal Actions & What They Mean for States These explainers are part of GCC’s efforts to help state officials and stakeholders understand how recent federal actions may affect state policies and programs related to clean energy, climate change, and climate...May 2, 2025
News GCC welcomes Senior Associate Nate Burnand to Mitigation Program Georgetown Climate Center is pleased to welcome Nate Burnand, who is joining the Mitigation Program as Senior Associate. Nate comes to GCC from the Michigan Public Service Commission, where he worked with partners...April 11, 2025
