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Energy, Environment, & Climate

Energy, Environment & Climate

Empower the Geothermal Earthshot: Solve the Climate Crisis with Earth’s Energy

The U.S. government can accelerate the clean energy revolution by helping the geothermal industry scale technologies that can outcompete fossil fuels, and spurring cross-sector innovation.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Health & Life Sciences

Investing in Digital Agriculture Innovation to Secure Food, Yields, and Livelihoods

Improving local food security is critical to ending poverty and eliminating hunger, and United States Government can be a global leader. From Jonathan Lehe, Nick Milne, and Gautam Bastian, a proposal for USAID, Feed the Future, and its partners to launch a Digital Agriculture for Food Security Challenge to improve crop yields worldwide.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Health & Life Sciences

Unlocking the U.S. Bioeconomy with the Plant Genome Project

Plants are key to enable a diversified and climate-resilient food system. Mary Fernandes proposes a Plant Genome Project (PGP), a robust Human Genome Project-style initiative to build a dataset of genetic information on plant species.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Creating a Digital Service for the Planet

To implement environmental initiatives efficiently, the federal government should build and deploy digital resources in ways that meet the needs of multiple environmental and ecological agencies at once.

Energy, Environment & Climate

CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) — A National Center for Bioengineering Solutions to Climate Change and Environmental Challenges

The federal government can accelerate capabilities and applications of environmental biotechnology by establishing the CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) Center.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Creating a National HVDC Transmission Network

A significant increase in transmission capacity is needed to meet the Biden Administration’s efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge: Establishing a Collaborative Doctrine of Groundwater Management in the Ogallala Aquifer

The federal government should create a Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge Initiative (RRRI): a voluntary program designed to keep farmers engaged in groundwater conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Establishing the AYA Research Institute: Increasing Data Capacity and Community Engagement for Environmental-Justice Tools

The Biden Administration should create the “AYA Research Institute” to increase federal capacity to identify and resolve environmental justice issues.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Carbon Capture in the Industrial Sector: Addressing Training, Startups, and Risk

This is the ideal time to expand U.S. climate strategy into an “all of the above” solution that includes carbon capture and storage as a core component.

Energy, Environment & Climate

An Earthshot for Clean Steel and Aluminum

DOE should launch a “Zero for Zero in Ten” Steel Shot to drive a zero dollar difference for zero-emissions steel in ten years.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Leveraging Department of Energy Authorities and Assets to Strengthen the U.S. Clean Energy Manufacturing Base

Climate action and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness are deeply intertwined and require a coordinated strategy.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Updating the State Energy Program to Promote Regional Manufacturing and Economic Revitalization

A resilient, secure, & prosperous clean energy economy increasingly demands investments in advanced energy manufacturing and supply chains.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Deploy a National Network of Air-Pollution and CO2 Sensors in 300 American Cities by 2030

The U.S. should deploy air-pollution emission sensors in 300 American cities by 2030 to drive critical climate and air-quality decisions.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Pathways to Net-zero Soil Loss by 2050

The Biden Administration should announce its intention to achieve net-zero soil loss by 2050.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Improving Environmental Outcomes from Infrastructure by Addressing Permitting Delays

Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration should strive to clarify environmental regulatory requirements and standing for litigation under NEPA.

Energy, Environment & Climate

American Rescue Plan Funding: A Playbook for Efficiently Getting the Lead Out

A data-driven approach to rid American communities of the pernicious effects of lead contamination in water systems.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Ensuring Good Governance of Carbon Dioxide Removal

CDR implementation would responsibly, equitably, and effectively combat climate change by achieving net-negative CO2 emissions.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Support Electrification at Regional Airports to Preserve Competitiveness & Improve Health Outcomes

The Biden Administration should electrify the entire aviation ecosystem to eliminate airport lead emissions and create jobs.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Reduce Disaster Costs by Better Tracking Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke

The Biden-Harris Administration should address this gap by establishing a national public record of wildfire-smoke health impact.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Strengthening the Economy, Health, & Climate Security through Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems

This report explores how the agriculture sector can support, and be supported by, policies that advance science, technology, and innovation.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Building Back with a Cleaner Power Grid for America

Achieving energy decarbonization in America will require a power grid supplied by renewable energy and backed by ample energy storage.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Averting Environmental Risks in the New Space Age

Space is at risk of developing the equivalent of the ocean’s “drifting island of plastic.”

Energy, Environment & Climate

Revitalizing the DOE Loan Program Office to Support Clean Infrastructure Development

The Biden-Harris Administration should expand the focus of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Program Office (LPO) to meet the demands of a changing energy industry.

Education & Workforce
Energy, Environment & Climate

The Energy Transition Workforce Initiative

The energy transition underway in the United States presents a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work.

Energy, Environment & Climate

A Carbon Tax to Combat Climate Change and Support Low-Income Households

A tax-and-dividend approach that mitigates the challenging impacts that carbon policies have on poor and suburban/rural communities.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Disrupting Vulnerability Traps and Catalyzing Community Resilience

The Federal Government should radically enhance its efforts to build community disaster resilience.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Eliminate Billion-Dollar Disasters: Equitable Science-Based Disaster Policy for a Resilient Future

The Federal Government should overhaul federal disaster policy to eliminate devastating billion-dollar disasters.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Enabling Better Access to Federal Transportation Funds for Small and Rural Communities

An approach to simplify and expand access to the BUILD program at the Department of Transportation.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Health & Life Sciences

Preventing the Next Pandemics: An Upstream Approach to Novel National Security Threats

A Federal strategy to monitor and mitigate the major factors that contribute to emerging infectious disease to eliminate future pandemics.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Sustaining the 2020 Biking Boom

The next administration should encourage a nationwide shift from driving to cycling by adjusting cost, road design, and safety policies.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Accelerating Deployment of Innovations to Modernize the U.S. Electric Grid

The next administration should establish a Grid Resilience Innovation Demonstration Network to modernize the U.S. electrical grid.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Zero Emission Fueling Stations for Trucks and Buses

The next administration can achieve significant reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions by helping transition the commercial truck and bus industries to cleaner fuels like electric power and hydrogen.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Health & Life Sciences

Improving Federal Management of Wildlife Movement and Emerging Infectious Disease

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systematic vulnerabilities in how wildlife movement and emerging infectious diseases should be managed.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Earth Observation for Sensible Climate Policy

The next Administration should invest in Earth observation to directly measure environmental change and greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A National Initiative to Revitalize American Farming and Advance Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture can transform how farmers provide food, fiber and land stewardship while supporting the return of American farming.

Energy, Environment & Climate

An Initiative to Build the National Climate Bank

A National Climate Bank could spur $500 billion of investment, create 5.4M jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Establishing a National Water Technology Pipeline

Establish a National Water Technology Pipeline to improve water quality & ensure that every American has access to safe water.

Energy, Environment & Climate

Preventing Catastrophic Wildfire Under Climate Change

A proactive strategy to prevent and mitigate catastrophic wildfire under climate change.

Energy, Environment & Climate

National Energy Storage Initiative

A proposal for a National Energy Storage Initiative to advance energy-storage technologies, boost domestic manufacturing.

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