The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of governors committed to upholding the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Policy Advisor for Climate Infrastructure will work with the U.S. Climate Alliance’s Executive Director in formulating and executing a strategy to support Alliance states in... Read More
Solarize NoVA is a program of the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) in partnership with local government members, the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) and local solar installers in the region. Through a competitive review process, LEAP evaluates proposals from local installers and selects a high-quality... Read More
Less than a year after being endorsed by the COG Board of Directors and incorporated into Region United: Metropolitan Washington Planning Framework for 2030, Equity Emphasis Areas (EEAs) are becoming part of the region’s planning vocabulary. See the full story at the COG Newsroom. More... Read More
City of Bowie offers this program designed to help residents take a step to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. City residents can apply for rebates to offset the cost of electric lawn care tools including lawnmowers, weed trimmers, hedge trimmers, and leaf blowers. The rebates... Read More
Sustainable Maryland, in a new partnership with Pepco, will offer Sustainable Communities Grant awards to eligible municipalities and nonprofit organizations. This program will provide $75,000 to fund environmental stewardship projects and $50,000 for community resilience projects across the Pepco service area in Montgomery County, Prince... Read More
The Climate Mayors seeks a Policy Director to support bolder equitable climate actions by Congress, Federal agencies, and state and local government. The Policy Director is expected to work with leadership to set policy priorities, work with the Biden Administration on identified priorities (e.g. Bipartisan... Read More
This funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will advance the Biden Administration’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035 and to “deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by... Read More
With a price tag similar to that of a used car, Virginia homeowners looking to make a financial investment in solar panels are confronted with navigating a tangle of tax exemptions, credits, rights and utility company programs. See the full story in the Virginia Mercury.... Read More
This professional position is responsible for the management of all aspects of Frederick County’s Division of Energy and Environment’s public outreach efforts across all media platforms. The primary function is to provide and manage strategies to inform citizens, media, businesses, and others of all energy,... Read More
Greenhouse gas protocols provide authoritative guidance for communities to account for carbon pollution accurately and consistently. ICLEI’s US Community Protocol (USCP) is the industry standard for community-scale inventories, with detailed methods tailored to the needs and data availability of US local governments. Over the past... Read More