What we’re reading
CRI takes inspiration from the incredible work that’s coming to the surface across our network every day. This page shares writing and projects that have particularly caught our attention. Have something for us to consider posting? Reach out!
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03.23.25
Why We Need a New Tennessee Valley Authority
The same strategy can challenge the investor-owned electric utilities that are blocking the spread of renewable energy.
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2025
How State Legislators Can Rebuild Trust in American Democracy
Concrete, near-term steps state legislators can take to rebuild trust in government, from constituent services to how they run their own institutions.
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06.11.24
Plan C for Greening Business
Engaging directly with business was never the environmental movement’s first choice—and for good reason.
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2022
Designing the mid-transition: A review of medium-term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States
Running fossil and clean-energy systems in parallel during the energy transition creates coordination challenges of its own, and planning for that mid-transition differs from planning for the endpoints.
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Oct 2011
Why Americans Can't See Government – and Why It Matters
Many of the federal government’s most important benefits, like the mortgage interest deduction and employer-sponsored health insurance, are delivered invisibly, warping Americans’ perception of what government actually does for them.
