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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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Room for improvement: Digging into Treasury hydrogen guidance
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EV battery investments rev up Ohio’s interest in recycling
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Five Key Policy Lessons from the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

In this paper, we break down key lessons learned following the passage of the largest investment into the future of the U.S. clean energy economy—the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Those lessons are: Performance-based investing with long-term …

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Reaching for 2030: Climate and Energy Policy Priorities

The need to address climate change remains urgent. Over the past 15 months, the U.S. Congress has passed meaningful legislation that has the potential to dramatically reduce emissions, and—importantly—allow the United States to lead in accelerating the global transition toward …

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Reaching for 2030: Climate and Energy Policy Priorities
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How will 2023 stack up? 6 climate trends to watch
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Unlocking Precision Agriculture’s Climate Potential

For decades, a precision agriculture (PA) revolution has been ‘just around the corner,’ promising to transform American agriculture. While precision technologies—including variable rate applications, soil sensors, autosteering systems, and others—have significant potential to improve environmental outcomes, they have yet to …

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What Isn’t Measured, Isn’t Managed: Improving embodied emissions reporting