CATF Articles & Posts
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More than 100 countries unite to launch Global Methane Pledge at COP26
Almost 100 Heads of State from around the world joined together today to formally launch the Global Methane Pledge at COP26.
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Taking stock: Bipartisan support for clean firm energy endures in an era of federal policy uncertainty
The first year of the second Trump administration was marked by substantial efforts to unwind federal clean energy and climate policy.
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States lead, impact follows: Why investing in state-level climate action will secure America’s climate future
Often underappreciated is the essential role states play in consistently advancing innovative and proven clean energy and climate policies.
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The Genesis Mission aims to accelerate fusion energy. It needs the data to do it.
The Department of Energy recently launched its first funding opportunity for the Genesis Mission, a $293 million Request for Application for interdisciplinary teams to address “Challenges of National Importance,” or key areas of frontier science and technology where AI-enabled breakthroughs could deliver outsized scientific, energy, or national security benefits. This…
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Understanding U.S. hydrogen demand through a Gulf Coast lens
The Gulf Coast is not just the leading industrial and hydrogen anchor in the U.S. today; it is a key geography for scaling clean hydrogen in the U.S.
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Making €100 billion count: Turning Europe’s industrial decarbonisation ambitions into steel in the ground
Promising up to €100 billion, the EU’s proposed Industrial Decarbonisation Bank (IDB) is a new funding programme to support the decarbonisation of European industry.
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U.S. clean energy investments: 2025 Quarter 4 analysis
Each quarter, CATF highlights changes to federal policies and new executive actions and analyzes how these changes have affected investments across U.S. states and districts.
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Maintaining momentum: Clean energy progress in New Mexico’s 2026 legislative session
New Mexico’s 2026 legislative session delivered meaningful progress on clean energy, environmental protection, and workforce development.
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Europe’s SMR moment has arrived — now comes the hard part
A week after the European Commission unveiled its strategy for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), policymakers, industry leaders, and experts gathered in Brussels with a shared recognition: Europe now has momentum — but turning it into delivery will be the real test. Andris Piebalgs, former EU Commissioner for Energy and for…