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Pew Calls for Obama Administration to Raise MPG Standards
- Jun 28, 2011
- Clean Energy Program
With the launch of a new video, the Pew Clean Energy Program hopes to raise awareness of the benefits of increasing the fuel efficiency—or miles-per-gallon (MPG)—standards for cars and light trucks to as high as 60 MPG by 2025.
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Wind Helps Power Arkansas' Clean Energy Economy
- Apr 21, 2011
- Clean Energy Program
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, senior adviser to the Clean Energy Program, visited Little Rock to kick off a national campaign to highlight how clean energy policies can help create jobs, stimulate innovation, spur private investment and enhance America’s competitiveness in the global clean energy race.
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Global Clean Energy Investment Reaches Record $243 Billion for 2010
- Mar 29, 2011
- Clean Energy Program
Global clean energy finance and investment grew significantly in 2010 to $243 billion, a 30 percent increase from the previous year.
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Governor Granholm Joins Pew to Champion Clean Energy Policy
- Mar 23, 2011
- Clean Energy Program
As of March 23, 2011, former Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm will serve as a senior advisor in the efforts to promote clean energy policies that create jobs, stimulate innovation, spur investment and enhance America’s competitiveness in the global clean energy race.
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Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Fact Sheet
- May 10, 2013, 10:50 EST
- Clean Energy Program
Combined heat and power, or CHP, provides the U.S. industrial sector with an economical, timely solution to the problem of energy use and cost, while promoting economic growth and addressing future energy needs.More
Master Limited Partnership Parity Act to Expand Investment Opportunities for Clean Energy Projects
- Other Resource
- Apr 24, 2013, 10:15 EST
- Clean Energy Program
In the race to capture the economic benefits of the growing clean energy sector, the Master Limited Partnership Parity Act would provide an opportunity for U.S. businesses to mobilize private capital and better compete.More
Dispatches from the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit
- Other Resource
- Apr 23, 2013, 14:15 EST
- Clean Energy Program
From April 22-24, Pew's clean energy program is attending the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City. This week, we will provide updates and share information about trends that impact the future of renewable energy and efficiency.More
Audio: Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2012 Edition Webinar
- Other Resource
- Apr 18, 2013, 10:45 EST
- Clean Energy Program
Listen to audio explaining the findings from Pew's new report, Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2012 Edition.More
Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2012 Edition
- Compilation
- Apr 16, 2013, 22:55 EST
- Clean Energy Program
Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race: 2012 Edition documents how the old order is changing technologically and geographically. Clean energy is gaining ground in the global energy mix. Even as several pioneering countries have stumbled, new markets have opened, and the center of gravity for clean energy investment has shifted from West to East.More
Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2012 Edition
- Video
- Apr 16, 2013, 22:55 EST
- Clean Energy Program
Clean energy is a significant, growing sector of the global economy. While investment levels declined 11 percent to $269 billion, in part to due to curtailed incentive programs, the market demonstrated resilience with a record 88 gigawatts of new generating capacity additions in 2012.More
Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2012 Edition
- Report
- Apr 16, 2013, 22:50 EST
- Clean Energy Program
In less than a decade, clean energy transitioned from novelty products to the mainstream of world energy markets. The sector emerged not so much in a linear fashion as episodic—in fits and starts associated with the worldwide economic downturn, continent-wide debt crises, national policy uncertainty, and intense industry competition.More
Defense Starts at Home
- Image Gallery
- Mar 29, 2013, 15:45 EST
- Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate
The Department of Defense and its service branches have been national leaders in the building, retrofitting, and implementation of energy-efficient procedures and renewable technologies. This event—moderated by Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate—examined efforts by the U.S. military to deploy on bases clean energy technologies that enhance energy security and improve operational effectiveness.More
Expanding Investment Opportunities for Clean Energy: Master Limited Partnerships and Real Estate Investment Trusts
- Fact Sheet
- Mar 27, 2013, 12:05 EST
- Clean Energy Program
Policies such as the production tax credit and investment tax credit for wind and solar energy have steered billions of dollars into clean technologies. Yet new proposals could open the door to large pools of low-cost financing warrant serious consideration. Two such tools are master limited partnerships and real estate investment trusts.More
Letter: Congratulations to the Department of Energy
- Other Resource
- Mar 25, 2013, 16:00 EST
- Clean Energy Program
On March 25, 2013, Phyllis Cuttino, director of The Pew Charitable Trusts' clean energy program, wrote to David Danielson, assistant secretary, energy efficiency and renewable energy, at the Department of Energy, to congratulate the department on the announcement of a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative.More
Event Audio: Defense Starts at Home
- Other Resource
- Mar 20, 2013, 12:30 EST
- Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate
The Department of Defense and its service branches have been national leaders in the building, retrofitting, and implementation of energy-efficient procedures and renewable technologies. Listen to military leaders discuss these innovations.More
Surprising Findings Reveal U.S. Advantage in Clean Energy Trade
- Other Resource
- Mar 06, 2013, 15:30 EST
- Clean Energy Program
China has long been a prolific manufacturer of goods and the United States an insatiable consumer of those goods, resulting in a lopsided trading relationship. But the clean energy sector is different: U.S. strength in advanced manufacturing of components and the capital equipment to produce finished clean energy technologies has led to a trade surplus over the Chinese.More
Advantage America: The U.S.-China Clean Energy Trade Relationship in 2011
- Data Visualization
- Mar 06, 2013, 11:15 EST
- Clean Energy Program
More than half a trillion dollars’ worth of goods and services are traded by the world’s two leading economies, the United States and China. In 2011, China exported $4 worth of goods and services for every $1 exported by the United States.More
New Report Reveals U.S. Clean Energy Trade Surplus with China in 2011
- Press Release
- Mar 06, 2013, 00:00 EST
- Clean Energy Program
- 中文
The United States and China traded more than $8.5 billion worth of clean energy goods and services in 2011. According to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. companies enjoyed a $1.63 billion sales advantage over their Chinese counterparts.More
Advantage America: The U.S.-China Clean Energy Technology Trade Relationship in 2011
- Report
- Mar 06, 2013, 00:00 EST
- Clean Energy Program
This report seeks to shed light on the relationship between the U.S. and China in regards to the clean energy technology trade.More

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