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Don’t Discount States for U.S. Climate Progress

The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.

Power lines and wind turbines on Jersey Island, California.

Power lines and wind turbines on Jersey Island, California.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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All climate policy eyes are on Washington, D.C., these days and for good reason. The fact that President-elect Joe Biden puts climate change among his top four priorities promises significant progress at the federal level, with or without the Senate. But don’t forget states as a crucial driver of climate progress.