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This report details insights from two RMI workshops held in Utah and Colorado focused on airport infrastructure planning for net-zero aviation. It identifies sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as the most immediate solution and outlines the long-term infrastructure, operational, and regulatory requirements for integrating hydrogen and electric aircraft, particularly within regional markets in the Intermountain West.

This guide by RMI provides strategic advice for municipalities to renegotiate franchise agreements with electric and gas utilities to advance climate, equity, and resilience goals. It emphasizes moving beyond narrow legal scopes to incorporate specific climate actions, equitable funding, and infrastructure resilience, while highlighting the importance of overcoming informational asymmetries during negotiations.

This report by RMI analyzes the regional readiness of 60 prominent US cities for electric vehicle (EV) adoption, focusing on infrastructure beyond city centers to address 'range anxiety'. The analysis evaluates metropolitan area readiness, day-trip destination readiness, and airport readiness, highlighting that while some cities and regions (particularly in California) are well-prepared, significant gaps in DC fast-charger coverage persist along major highways in several states.

This guide by the World Resources Institute (WRI) provides local governments with a framework for sourcing and collecting the data necessary to conduct a 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) analysis. It outlines the three primary datasets required—hourly load data, grid mix and emissions data, and additional energy procurement or generation data—and offers various methodologies for estimating these values when actual data is unavailable.