US Policy
Measuring Methane: State Actions to Reduce Pollution and Create a Market
Methane is a greenhouse gas “super-pollutant” that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over 20 years. We can manage what we measure, but when it comes to methane emissions, we come up painfully short: most national databases, including the United States, are significantly underreporting those emissions. This…
Affordability 101: Can We Cut American Energy Bills in Half?
As people throughout the United States worry about the cost of energy, it’s time to solve the problem.
The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States
Which states are best poised to take the lead in the “electro-industrial” era?
Building Smarter: How Investing in More Transportation Choices Cuts Infrastructure Costs
Last month, Illinois lawmakers brought the Chicago transit system back from the brink of financial insolvency largely by deploying one transformative solution: shifting transport revenues away from excess roadway construction and instead into turbocharging the region’s trains and buses. This groundbreaking measure comes at a time when Americans are experiencing…
Competing Through Creativity and Resilience: How Regions Can Lead on Advanced Energy
Creativity and efficiency are becoming the new operating models for economic and community development, defining which regions will lead in the next chapter of the energy transition. This was made clear earlier this month at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) conference in Detroit, where RMI convened a…