In the News

6/20/19

New Energy Star standards mean many D.C. buildings will need upgrading

JLL, Washington Business Journal


6/16/19

Inspiring net zero energy building for sustainable future

Chris McEntee, Washington Blade


5/13/19

New map shows all the cities leading the world in climate action

Zoya Teirstein, Grist


5/8/19

DC passed the most ambitious clean energy law in the US. Now what?

Natasha Riddle, Greater Greater Washington


5/7/19

1 in 5 Americans now live in places committed to 100% clean power

Nathanael Johnson, Grist


5/7/19

DC DID IT – HOW OTHER CITIES CAN FOLLOW SUIT

Climate Reality Project


4/22/19

Solar can empower communities to help stop climate change

Michael Healy, DC Line


3/30/19

The Green New Deal aims to get buildings off fossil fuels. These 6 places have already started.

David Roberts, Vox


1/22/19

DC’s mayor signed an ambitious clean energy law on Friday. Here’s what it does.

Mark Rodeffer, Greater Greater Washington


1/21/19

Trump bailed on Paris Agreement. D.C. goes green anyway

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Grist


1/18/19

All-Clean Energy Mandate by 2032 Signed Into Law in D.C.

Rebecca Kern, Bloomberg Environment


12/31/18

2018: A year of stalled progress and unprecedented ambition on climate

Daniel Cohan, The Hill


12/29/18

States make climate policies a 2019 priority

Michael Green, The Hill


12/26/18

Inside the Bill That Set the ‘Strongest Clean Energy Requirement in the Nation’

Nicole Javorsky, City Lab


12/20/17

DC Just Passsed the ‘Strongest Climate Legislation’ In The Nation 

Brian Kahn, Gizmodo


12/20/17

DC passes bill to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2032

Associated Press


12/19/18

Trump’s White House Will Have to Go Green Under DC’s New Clean Energy Plan

Atlanta Business Journal


12/18/18

D.C. Commits to All Renewable Energy by 2032 

Jacob Fenston, NPR


11/15/18

DC’s green bank could be a powerful tool to fight climate change, if the city funds it

Jake Grubman, Greater Greater Washington


11/15/18

Thursday, November 15, 5:30 pm: Candlelight Vigil for California Wildfire Victims in Front of DC Council

Jerome Foster II, Medium


11/13/18

Pepco Urges D.C. Residents To Act Boldly On Climate Change — By Scaling Down Climate Bill

Jacob Fenson, WAMU


11/9/18

There could be a successful carbon pricing next year despite midterms disappointment

E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress


10/29/18

CP Daily

Carbon Pulse


10/26/18

A smart plan for protecting D.C. from the coming storm

Hammad Atassi, The Washington Post


10/26/18

Daily on Energy: Democratic states send Trump a message of resistance on Friday


10/11/18

DC’s aggressive clean energy bill gets initial hearing

Jason Plautz, Smart Cities Dive


10/10/18

D.C. considers nation’s fastest path to total renewable power

David Iaconangelo, EE News


10/10/18

How The D.C. Council Wants To Fight Climate Change In Its Own Backyard

Kojo Nnamdi show


10/10/18

In Wake Of U.N. Climate Report, D.C. Lawmakers Consider Aggressive Clean Energy Bill

Jacob Fenston, WAMU


10/10/18

City Proposes Aggressive Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions

Associated Press


10/10/18

Clean energy bill aims to put DC ‘ahead of practically any other jurisdiction’

Lilah Burke, The DC Line


10/10/18

Bill Would Make DC Totally Clean Energy-Based

Dan Taylor, Washington DC Patch


10/9/18

Climate Bill Would Move DC to 100% Renewable Energy by 2032

Peter Jamison, Washington Post


9/24/18

D.C. unveils strongest climate bill in the country

E.A. Crunden, Thinkprogress


9/24/18

DC Considers a Bill Committing to 100% renewable energy

Emily Moon, Pacific Standard Magazine


7/12/18

DC considering 100% renewable by 2032, but no carbon tax

Robert Walton, Utility Dive


7/11/18

DC could pass a climate bill that would make it a leader in clean energy

Mark Rodeffer, Greater Greater Washington


7/11/18

DC Won’t Be Taxing Carbon Emissions, But Could Still Be A Climate Leader

Jacob Fenston, WAMU


6/13/18

DC may price carbon. Will the price be right?

Mark Rodeffer, Greater Greater Washington


6/5/18

Carbon Pricing is coming to Washington D.C. — here’s what you need to know

August Granath, ClimateXChange


6/5/18

D.C. council urged to pass stronger carbon pricing bill

Mark Hand, ThinkProgress


4/28/18

A conservative solution to solving climate change

Best of the Left Podcast


4/19/18

Black DC Residents Fight for Climate Change Bill

James Wright, the AFRO


4/18/18

Students Join Movement for Carbon Tax

Tatyana Hopkins, Washington Informer


4/17/18

DC must put a price on greenhouse gas emissions to cut pollution, advocates say

Mark Rodeffer, Greater Greater Washington


4/4/18

Letter to the editor: Councilmember Mary Cheh, please lead on carbon pricing

Jessie Mehrhoff, Current Newspapers


2/8/18

Challenged from the left, D.C. Council Chairman defends progressive record

Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post


2/8/18

A carbon tax is popular, but district lawmakers can’t decide how to implement it

Rachel Kurzius, Washington City Paper


11/21/17

A climate-change policy that grows the economy and benefits D.C. residents

Khalid Pitts and Roger Horowitz op-ed, Washington Post


11/21/17

Keeping the Faith: D.C. marchers say climate legacy starts with local carbon cap

Elizabeth McGowan, Renewal News


10/27/17

Councilors in Washington propose law to reduce pollution

Francesca Emanuele, teleSUR


10/25/17

Will D.C. Tax Carbon Emissions? Plan Headed To Council

Jacob Fenston, WAMU


7/27/17

D.C. carbon fee would drive down emissions and provide generous rebates, study says

Mark Hand, ThinkProgress


6/5/17

D.C. joins more than 175 other cities in pledging to uphold Paris agreement goals

Mark Hand, ThinkProgress


5/30/17

What happens if you replace every social program with a universal basic income

Dylan Matthews, Vox


5/29/17

Thankfully, Virginia and D.C. are taking climate policy into their own hands

Washington Post Editorial Board


5/21/17

Carbon Emissions Fee Proposed By Environmental Groups In Washington, DC

Steve Hanley, Cleantechnica


5/17/17

Combating Climate Change through Carbon Taxation

Joel Stronberg, Resilience.org


5/12/17

D.C. coalition pushes innovative plan to cut emissions and protect most vulnerable residents

Mark Hand, ThinkProgress


5/12/17

D.C. greens push carbon tax with rebates

Kavya Balaraman, E&E News


5/12/17

How to chill with your elected rep and talk a li’l climate policy

Umbra IRL, Grist


4/27/17

What the Peoples Climate March can achieve with Trump in power

Ben Adler, Fusion


4/21/17

Paying For Climate Change

Free Speech TV


4/7/17

Meet 7 Millennials of Color Making a Difference with The Peoples Climate Movement

Medium


3/29/17

How Screwed Will Washington’s Environment Be by Trump’s Climate Policies?

Benjamin Freed, Washingtonian


2/20/17

Climate activists propose D.C. carbon tax

Meredith Roaten, GW Hatchet


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