President’s Biden’s recent announcement to invoke the Defense Production Act could expand domestic manufacturing of heat pumps. This blog summarizes the current policy landscape related to heat pumps in the U.S.

Eileen presented to the K&L Gates Environmental Law Practice Group, which described the evolution and common findings of deep decarbonization pathways studies that have been performed in the Northwest since 2018.

This project provides analysis for six Washington manufacturing sectors—aluminum, concrete and cement, glass, iron and steel, pulp and paper, and wood products—to help stakeholders and policymakers understand the different methods for decarbonizing each of these industries.

This guest lecture at Western Washington University’s Institute of Energy Studies provided students with an overview of Washington’s climate and clean energy policies since 2019 and their relationship to the Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy.

A selection of some of the best podcasts and webinars on the latest technical and economic developments in decarbonization that the CETI team engaged with during the first three months of 2022.

After a whirlwind 60 days, Washington’s legislators finished the short 2022 session on March 10. While there were some climate wins, much work remains to be done on buildings and clean materials.

Buy Clean and Buy Fair is a critical legislative tool to reduce carbon emissions from the production of construction materials and promote high labor standards in manufacturing.

The Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) held its first public hearing on February 25, 2022 about the full suite of proposed changes to the Washington State Energy Code-Commercial 2018 Edition.

Eileen and Poppy Storm of 2050 Institute presented to the Sustainable Path Foundation at their Virtual Grantee Lunch, discussing the Operation 2030: Scaling Building Decarbonization in Washington project.

After more than a decade of public investment in clean energy in the United States, a wealth of studies makes clear that funding clean energy drives broad economic development and job creation.

2021 Energy Leadership Organization Achievement Award

Eileen briefed members of the Mason County, WA League of Women Voters Climate Change Committee on various issues related to decarbonization for rural communities.