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Climate & Energy
Blog
California’s SB 1213 is an example of regulatory ingenuity in action

California just took an important step toward making electric trucks more affordable and easier for businesses to buy. 

09.30.26 | 3 min read
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Climate & Energy
Report
Housing in Three Cities Reveals Uneven Heat Death Risk, Despite Air Conditioning

In 2023 alone, more than 2,300 people died in the United States directly from extreme heat. Expanding access to residential air conditioning could reduce heat-attributable deaths and adult emergency department.

09.30.26 | 11 min read
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Emerging Technology
Policy Memo
We Need An Independent AI Evaluation Clearinghouse (IAIEC) to Provide Accreditation, Funding, and Independence in the AI Assurance Ecosystem

The clearinghouse will also neutrally mediate the assignment of auditors to audits—strengthening independence, trust, and ethical governance across the AI ecosystem.

09.28.26 | 17 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Are We Guessing Well or Knowing Well? Evidence Gaps in R&D Institutional Design

The potential implication of these evidence gaps becomes more consequential when you look at how institutions actually make decisions day to day.

09.25.26 | 6 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
What Survives the Trip From Blue-Sky to the Real World

Every new institution inherits something – existing incentives, existing staff, decades of prior investment that shaped what’s possible.

09.24.26 | 18 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Excessive Military Secrecy On Google Earth

This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and scrutinize government operations.

09.22.26 | 3 min read
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Climate & Energy
Report
Solving the Housing Shortage is a Force Multiplier

America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.

09.16.26 | 5 min read
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Climate & Energy
Blog
Unlocking Housing Supply is Only the First Step. The Real Opportunity Lies in What, Where, and How We Build.

America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.

09.16.26 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
When the Climate Shifts, So Do the Pathogens (And So Should We)

As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.

09.11.26 | 7 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Report
Before Breaking Ground: A Local Government Guide to Better Data Center Policy and Community Benefits

This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.

09.10.26 | 42 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Federal Data Help Communities Prepare for, Respond to, and Recover from Hurricanes. Data Terminations Will Make Them More Deadly.

When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.

09.08.26 | 5 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
The Public Health Cost of Eliminating Race and Ethnicity Data

This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans. 

09.04.26 | 6 min read
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