large about energy and environmental issues. These briefings bring experts from government, industry, and civil society to Capitol Hill for bipartisan discussions on cutting-edge research, success stories, lessons learned, and stakeholder feedback. Briefing topics have included resilience, national security issues, water issues, energy efficiency, solar power, wind power, geothermal power, hydropower, fuel cells and hydrogen energy, biofuels and biomass, clean energy financing, deploying electric vehicles, mass transit, walkable cities, climate change impacts, short-lived climate pollutants, transmission and the power grid, district energy, and microgrids. EESI briefings are free, held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and most are open to the public. In 2013, EESI began livestreaming most of its briefings. Publications EESI periodically publishes web articles, issue briefs, and fact sheets on environmental and energy issues and related legislation. Additionally, EESI distributes two weekly newsletters: "Climate Change News" (CCN), featuring the main climate-related science, business, and policy stories of the week; and "Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests" (SBFF), focusing on policy developments in bioenergy and sustainable land use. All EESI publications and newsletters are distributed free of charge. See also Environmental Defense Fund References External links Environmental and Energy Study Institute Climate change organizations based in the United States Renewable energy organizations based in the United States Energy conservation in the United States Environmental studies organizations