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As the nation grapples with rising utility costs, the Nevada Department of Corrections is confronting a financial crisis, battling to keep the lights on in its correctional facilities across the state. The department is dealing with substantial increases in utility bills, with estimates pointing to a 20 to 25% surge compared to the budget set…

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The Cowboy State has doled out tens of millions of state taxpayer dollars to fossil fuel-adjacent projects, even as it faces a shortage of options to take advantage of clean-energy funding.

Community navigator programs can provide much-needed capacity combined with deep place-based knowledge to create local champions with expertise in accessing federal funding.

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), are poised to deploy hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds and unleash private investment to catalyze climate action and clean energy technology deployment. These investments will not only create new jobs and economic opportunities across the nation, but are critical to putting the United States on the path to meet its climate goals...

Two years ago, President Biden signed into law the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” allocating $1.2 trillion in the nation’s infrastructure over the next five years. The following are several

Recent U.S. policy provides unprecedented funding to catalyze countrywide climate action. WRI experts advise on how states can fully capitalize on these laws to meet climate goals.

As conversations about rising tides and higher temperatures intensify, efforts to enact public policy initiatives to address the effects of

Illinois EPA announced the Residential Energy Efficiency Trust Fund Grant Program with up to $5,000,000 in funding available for energy efficiency upgrades.

Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $2 million in grants to help several of the state's local governments, schools ,and nonprofit groups cut costs by lowering their energy usage.