The Biden administration succeeded at getting almost every state to draft a climate plan.
But most rely on federal funding, leaving them on shaky ground as President Donald Trump pledges to roll back climate policy and investment.
A new analysis from Evergreen Action and RMI found that only a few states have climate plans that can stand on their own. Forty-five states submitted so-called Priority Climate Action Plans to EPA, using money made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Many state plans were vague about what exactly they wanted to do, often defaulting to generalities like improving “energy efficiency” — the most common industrial strategy across plans. Analysts say that’s especially problematic for the industrial sector.
