A Governor’s Dilemma: The Need to Modernize Washington State’s Clean Energy Permitting Process Under the leadership of Governor Jay Inslee, the state of Washington has long provided a model for states across the country seeking to set and meet ambitious climate goals. Through the 2021 Climate Commitment Act, Washington set itself on a path to […]
Learn MoreClick to read Siting Solutions Spotlight: Washington State >Right now, a new political team is stepping in to lead the Department of Energy. This comes mere days after mass layoffs of probationary federal employees and while payments on existing contracts are still stalled due to widespread internal confusion about guidance and even basic process. Ultimately, these cuts and chaos will set the administration […]
Learn MoreClick to read Scrapping innovation funding undercuts push for energy dominance>Over the last few weeks, President Trump and Elon Musk, head of the newly minted Department of Government Efficiency, have pursued an aggressive agenda of reducing federal spending and eliminating programs in the name of maximizing governmental efficiency. Thus far, their efforts have largely consisted of haphazard staffing and funding cuts that have left hundreds […]
Learn MoreClick to read Rethinking Government Efficiency at DOE>In his testimony at his confirmation hearing this week, presumptive Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said that the “pathway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lift up people’s quality of life is through energy innovation.” At Clean Tomorrow, we are committed to reducing emissions through energy innovation, the deployment of clean energy and clean technologies […]
Learn MoreClick to read Hearings Show Bipartisan Consensus for Continued Clean Energy Innovation >In business, certainty is essential. Without it, projects fail, investor support for innovative technologies wavers, and U.S. competitiveness weakens. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today is on its strongest-ever footing to provide investor certainty, making the investments in clean energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment necessary for the U.S. to remain a global energy […]
Learn MoreClick to read Innovation Toward Commercialization: Sharpening the Department of Energy’s Ability to Foster Adoption Readiness >It might be the end of the year, but at Clean Tomorrow, we’re playing the long game and building policy work that can last. Organizations like ours, that can comfortably adapt to changes in the political environment, are the most durable — and are the likeliest to produce effective and attainable policy solutions. Since our […]
Learn MoreClick to read Reflections on Our First Quarter>Clean energy innovation is a modern American success story that has been written (and rewritten) for many years, and our progress has been a long time in the making. But, every election is a pivot point.
Learn MoreClick to read The Next Chapter of Energy Policy Progress>The U.S. federal clean energy innovation pipeline is running at its swiftest clip ever. Reducing funding to a trickle would mean failing to follow through on the technologies we need to compete globally, power the economy, and reduce emissions.
Learn MoreClick to read Yes, America is Winning on Clean Energy Innovation. But the Hard Work Lies Ahead.>The weaponization of local siting processes may be a serious obstacle to clean energy, but it’s not an insurmountable one.
Learn MoreClick to read How Clean Energy Opponents Weaponize Local Siting and How State Legislatures Hold the Key to a Clean Tomorrow>The victories for clean energy in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act didn’t happen by accident.
Learn MoreClick to read The Path to a Clean Tomorrow>