Worldwide solar capacity has increased over two thousand-fold in the last 20 years to more than 700 gigawatts, putting solar power at the center of the clean energy transition. As the industry has grown, prices have fallen dramatically, speeding the installation of solar capacity and lowering the carbon intensity of electric generation. Today, the U.S. is a small—but...
The Climate Leadership Council’s Center for Climate and Trade hosted a virtual event unveiling a first-of-its-kind study on America’s carbon efficiency advantage in the chemicals industry. The key takeaway: the U.S. is one of the cleanest players in the global chemicals industry, generating significantly less emissions to produce the same chemicals as key...
The United States is one of the world’s most carbon efficient economies, producing goods with far less emissions than almost any other economy. This “carbon advantage” has been well documented, first by the Council and subsequently by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Why is the U.S. so much more efficient than most of its key trading...
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The chemicals industry can play a pivotal role in decarbonizing the global economy. Chemical products serve as ingredients in the fuels and technologies that are essential for cutting emissions, such as building insulation, hydrogen fuel, and lightweight materials used in automobiles. The sector itself is also the third largest source of industrial emissions. By...
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican voters are motivated by climate solutions that leverage the strength and efficiency of the U.S. economy to lower global emissions. That’s according to recent polling from the Climate Leadership Council and Americans for Carbon Dividends, who set out to understand how Republicans feel about climate and what a meaningful conservative agenda...
Climate Leadership Council research has demonstrated that American manufacturers across industries are highly carbon efficient compared to overseas competitors. This “carbon advantage” was initially highlighted in the Council’s 2020 study, America’s Carbon Advantage. The study revealed significant variations in the carbon efficiency of industries based on factors...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Climate Leadership Council today launched a month-long digital ad campaign to educate the D.C. policy community about America’s Carbon Advantage. The term was coined in a 2020 Council report by the same name, which found groundbreaking evidence of the U.S.’ ability to produce goods while emitting far less carbon than most of its international...