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Government Capacity
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A People-centered, Power-conscious Regulatory Democracy Balancing Distributive Justice and Delivery Efficacy

…housing, cheap clean energy, etc.) serve that legitimizing function after the fact. Significantly, Klein and Thompson’s book singles out public participation in the policymaking process as emblematic of the broader…

04.08.26 | 50 min read
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Environment
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Hot Takes: What the FY27 Presidential Budget Request Means for Climate and Energy

…back clean energy and environmental justice investments from what this administration terms the Biden-era “Green New Scam”. As with FY26, the request targets climate, energy, and environmental programs with demonstrated…

04.07.26 | 11 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Buzzwords like ‘Abundance’ and ‘Affordability’ are out. Learning policy lessons from the global community is in.

…marketable, and play to a big audience (or the right political network) but they lack technical substance and specificity. Abundance has been applied to everything from large-scale clean energy supply…

04.02.26 | 9 min read
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Clean Energy
Policy Memo
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CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments

State and Local Actions to Make Government Work for People, Reduce Utility Bills, and Deploy Clean Energy Elected leaders across the country are staring down interlocking crises. Families and businesses…

03.31.26 | 21 min read
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Government Capacity
Policy Memo
Report
Solving the Clean Energy Infrastructure Finance Rubik’s Cube

…The U.S. clean energy sector has achieved remarkable milestones: solar and wind have tripled since 2015, costs have fallen 90%, and annual clean energy investment now exceeds $280 billion. Yet…

03.12.26 | 53 min read
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