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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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Bringing Home the Benefits of Federal Clean Energy Investments
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Recommendations from C2ES’s Engineered Carbon Removal Working Group
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Reacting to Industry’s Needs: Nuclear’s Role in Industrial Decarbonization
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C2ES Comments on IRC Sections 45Y and 48E

These comments were submitted to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on August 2, 2024.

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Clean Transition Tariffs: An innovative way to accelerate power sector emission reductions
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Fueling the Future: Advancing Sustainable Aviation Fuel Policy on Capitol Hill
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Fueling a Low-Carbon Biofuel Future in Minnesota

The United States is the top biofuel producer in the world, with the Midwest generating hundreds of millions of barrels of ethanol and tens of millions of barrels of biodiesel annually. As a top-five producer of ethanol and biodiesel in …

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C2ES Comments on the Notice of Intent Regarding the DOE Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchasing Challenge

These comments were submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy on May 15, 2024.

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EPA tackles coal emissions, more to do on existing natural gas units
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Carbon Border Adjustment Provisions in the 118th Congress

Carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAM) are an emerging set of trade policy tools that aim to prevent carbon-intensive economic activity from moving out of jurisdictions with relatively stringent climate policies and into those with relatively less stringent policies. Border adjustments …

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