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Good Climate News
Sep 10, 2024
Good Climate News Roundup – September 2024

Every month, we round up the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This month, we cover exciting progress in the clean energy transition, electric vehicle adoption, environmental justice, initiatives to improve public health, new tactics to cut climate-change-causing pollution, and wildfire preparedness and recovery.

Sep 10, 2024
Clean Energy in Action: A team of four men and women install solar panels on the roof of a house.
Good Climate News
Jul 11, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Investments in Cleaner Transportation, Electric Vehicle Facilities, Stormwater Centers and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover the Biden-Harris administration investing $1.5 billion in cleaner transportation, the Department of Energy offering $1.2 billion in loans to an EV battery component manufacturer and $1.7 billion in funding for EV facilities, EPA grants of $5 million to establish stormwater centers, and a landmark pro-environment state budget in New Jersey.

Jul 11, 2024
Closeup of a wave splashing ashore on a New Jersey beach.
Good Climate News
Jun 28, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Investments to Reduce Methane Pollution, Funding for Climate Resilient Renovations, a Historic Climate Settlement in Hawai’i and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we cover investments to reduce methane emissions, funding for climate resilient and energy efficient renovations, a historic climate settlement in Hawai'i, a ban on the sale of products using PFAS in Colorado, and a copper recycling commitment.

Jun 28, 2024
Blue wave in the ocean with sunset colors behind it.
Good Climate News
Jun 21, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: $1 Billion for EV Tax Rebates, the First Class of the American Climate Corps, a 100% Renewable Energy Standard in Vermont, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover the Biden-Harris administration distributing $1 billion in EV tax rebates, the first class of the American Climate Corps being sworn in, a 100% renewable energy standard in Vermont, the Chicago Teachers Union fighting for climate action, and the UAW's new agreement to improve working standards in the EV industry.

Jun 21, 2024
Blue water swimming area set beside rocks and trees in Strafford, Vermont.
Good Climate News
Jun 14, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Offshore Wind in New York, Record Breaking Clean Energy Investments, a State Executive Order on Climate Change, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover construction on an offshore wind hub for NYC, record investments in clean energy, Maryland's executive order to address climate change, new EPA guidance to protect aquatic ecosystems, and an Illinois plan to meet its decarbonization goals.

Jun 14, 2024
The sun setting over a mountain rain near San Luis Obispo, CA.
Good Climate News
Jun 7, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Restored Wetland Protections, a Commitment to Cut Food Waste, Mexico’s Climate Friendly President, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover restored wetland protections in Colorado, federal investments in public lands and conservation, a commitment to cutting food waste, the release of the Climate Capital Guidebook, and Mexico's election of a climate scientist as its next president.

Jun 7, 2024
Flock of birds flying through a wetland area.
Good Climate News
May 31, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Clean School Buses, an Expanded Environmental Justice Council, Clean Energy Rebates, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover clean school buses, the Biden-Harris administration's expanded environmental justice advisory council, New York becoming the first state to deploy federal clean energy home rebates, California's plan to boost transmission and wind power, and a ruling from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. 

May 31, 2024
Looking up at tree branches hanging in front of a blue sky.
Good Climate News
May 23, 2024
Good Climate News This Week: NY Offshore Wind, EPA Grants to Clean Up Brownfields, USDA Rural Investments, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we cover a new offshore wind project approved in New York, new EPA grants to clean up "brownfields," an end to new federal coal leases in the Powder River Basin, USDA investments in rural infrastructure, and clean energy job training offered by community colleges around the country.

May 23, 2024
Snowy mountains in a canyon
Good Climate News
May 17, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Offshore Wind, New Transmission Guidelines, Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover new construction for offshore wind, Vermont's Climate Superfund Act, new transmission guidelines from FERC, a push to reduce textile waste, and Minnesota's largest solar project to date.

May 17, 2024
Closeup of green leaves on a tree top behind blue skies.
Good Climate News
May 10, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: EV Tax Credits, NYC’s Climate-Budgeting, Rural Clean Energy Investment, and More!

Every week, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we're covering new electric vehicle tax credit guidance, increasing numbers of clean energy installations, investments in rural clean energy, NYC's climate-conscious budget, and a plan to prevent invasive species growth in Acadia National Park.

May 10, 2024
Sunset at Acadia National Park.
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