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Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Events
This map and related materials pertaining to all types of extreme weather can be found here. Last updated January 2024.
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U.S. State Climate Action Plans
33 states have released a climate action plan or are in the process of revising or developing one. This includes 32 states that have released plans and 1 state that is updating its plan. Climate action plans generally include greenhouse …
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U.S. State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
A greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target is a state-level goal to reduce emissions by a specific amount by a pre-determined date. The targets can cover all greenhouse gas emissions or specific gases (e.g., carbon dioxide only). The targets can be …
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U.S. State Clean Vehicle Policies and Incentives
The transportation sector became the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2016. Driven by increased travel demand, low fuel prices, and urban sprawl, transportation emissions grew about 23 percent between 1990 to 2019. To change this trajectory, …
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U.S. State Carbon Pricing Policies
Compared to command-and-control regulations, carbon pricing is a market-based mechanism that creates financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Thirteen states that are home to over a quarter of the U.S. population and account for more than a third …
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U.S. State Electricity Portfolio Standards
Thirty states and the District of Columbia require electric utilities to deliver a certain amount of electricity from renewable or other clean electricity sources. Most of these requirements take the form of either: a renewable portfolio standard (RPS)—adopted by 20 …
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Low Carbon and Alternative Fuel Standard
The transportation sector is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. While transportation sector emissions have fallen by 6.1% from their 2005 peak, transportation sector emissions grew about 21.5% from 1990 to 2016, largely driven by increased demand for …
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U.S. State Energy Financial Incentives for CCS
Many states encourage the development of projects to capture carbon from point sources such as coal and gas fired power plants and ethanol plants. Once captured, the carbon dioxide (CO2) may be transported via pipeline for geologic storage in a …