Policy Memo: Lower Price, Higher Potential

Published on January 7, 2022

Climate scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report warned that without immediate large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will cause devastating economic and human losses. Policymakers must come together to implement a comprehensive climate change strategy in the United States.

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Policy Memo: Senators, Jolt Capital Via a Transmission Investment Tax Credit

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Can transmission of clean energy become more competitive and more ambitious with a federal tax credit? The author, a sustainable finance professional, argues on a bipartisan basis that it can and that transmission tax credits will tap a multibillion-dollar pipeline of ready projects.Read more

Policy Memo: A Good Look for Apparel's Industrial Decarbonization Path

January 14, 2022
The US, as the largest consumer and highest emitter of carbon per capita, bears a critical share of the responsibility to facilitate a transition to sustainable practices. ​​​​​This article lays out the rationale and a pathway for the US to incentivize the apparel industry’s decarbonization. I propose a preferential tariff on imports of apparel and textiles that are manufactured using renewable en