Fiscal policy for sustainable development: Achieving social and ecological goals
Introduction The world is facing multiple challenges to sustainable development, exacerbated by deficits in care and ecological sustainability…
Corps to careers: Expanding career opportunities for young adults involved in service and conservation programs
Service and conservation corps programs offer young Americans a chance to address needs across the country’s built and…
Nonpartisan conservation, energy policy, and rural stakeholder relations with Benji Backer
In the latest episode of the Reimagine Rural podcast, Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow at Brookings’ Center for Sustainable Development, learns how trusted…
Why AI demand for energy will continue to increase
DeepSeek, a Chinese startup company, announced the release of its AI reasoning model, DeepSeek R1, in January. It…
Interwoven frontiers: Energy, AI, and US-China competition
The fates of breakthrough technologies and the energy to power them are deeply interwoven, with progress at scale…
How local leaders and communities are leading the transition to clean energy
In this episode of Metro Blueprint, Xavier de Souza Briggs, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, Melanie Allen, founding…
The enduring dilemma of managing American high-level nuclear waste
Nuclear energy expansion represents a rare American policy topic that garners considerable political support across partisan and regional…
Shakedown federalism and energy policy nationalization
The Trump administration’s approach to federalism increasingly entails identifying states that do not embrace its policies and applying…
Trump wants more drilling but the oil market is saturated.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a…
Climate-accountable planning
Section I Executive summary Beginning in 2021 with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and then augmented…
US-China climate relations: Innovation, competition, and global implications
As the global race for climate leadership intensifies, both the United States and China play crucial roles in…
How will the clean energy transition affect wages?
The clean energy transition has quietly pushed ahead in recent decades, with solar and wind energy accounting for…