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- EPA to Investigate Civil Rights Complaint on Cumulative Air Pollution in Albuquerque
- Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget Lacks Essential Climate Policies: Cap-and-Invest and the NY HEAT Act
- Trump Pushes Arctic Refuge Drilling Despite Industry and Public Opposition
- Trump Will Resume LNG Export Approvals
- Trump Moves to Deny Americans Cleaner Vehicles
- Trump’s Wrong Turn on Wind Energy
- President Trump’s Energy EO: “There Is No Energy Emergency. There Is a Climate Emergency”
- Trump Pulls United States Out of Paris: Cutting “U.S. Climate Leadership Adrift”
- Doug Burgum’s Nomination Raises Some Concerns For Public Lands
- Mayor Karen Bass: Los Angeles Needs to Adapt to Our Climate-Altered FutureHow Los Angeles wants to rebuild must account for what living in the city will be like in our climate-altered, extreme weather future.
- Doug Burgum’s Nomination Raises Concerns For Our Public Lands
- U.S. Government Agrees to Halt Seafood Imports Tied to Deadly Bycatch of Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals
- Zeldin Acknowledges Need for Climate Action
- Flooding Can Put Unsuspecting Home Buyers Financially UnderwaterA new study found that a homebuyer can incur tens of thousands of dollars in flood damage costs over the course of their mortgage, if they purchase a previously flooded home.
- Rural America Is Already on Board with Clean EnergyGutting it wouldn’t just jeopardize our climate goals but also the growing workforce in the heartland and beyond.
- Trump’s Marching Orders for Secretary of State on Climate: Abandon Ship
- Wright Champions Fossil Fuels in DOE Confirmation Hearing
- Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG: “Wrong Project, Wrong Place”NRDC’s open letter to lead investor in massive Gulf of California LNG project cites “existential threat” to biodiversity, an “investment fraught with risk."
- New Review Highlights Human Health Risks from Microplastic ExposureA recently published review concludes that exposure to microplastics is suspected to harm human reproduction and digestive and respiratory health.
- Can FAIR Plans Help Build a More Resilient Future?FAIR plans, aka Fair Access to Insurance Requirements plans, are state-mandated property insurance plans that provide coverage to individuals and businesses.
- Report: EPA Rules a "Backstop" for Power Emissions
- 2024 Wins in Food Waste & What’s Next in 2025NRDC’s food waste team reflects on all we’ve accomplished in 2024 and what we’re most excited for in 2025.
- Clean Energy to Get Boost from New IRS Guidance
- Treasury Issues Final Guidance on Hydrogen Tax Credits
- Jimmy Carter was Four Decades Ahead of His Time
- Governor Hochul Signs Bill to Make Polluters Pay
- Busting the Myths of New York's Congestion Pricing ProgramNew York’s congestion pricing infrastructure is ready for its January 5 start—to the benefit of mobility, public health, and the economy throughout the city and beyond.
- Governor Hochul Signs Bill to Halt Drilling and Fracking Using CO2
- Groups Seek to Defend Lead Pipe Rule Challenged by Water Utilities
- U.S. Sets Strong New Climate Goal for 2035Pledges to cut greenhouse gas pollution 61 to 66 percent by 2035, nine years after Paris Agreement was signed.
- U.S. 2035 Climate Target Is Ambitious, Achievable & a Call to ActionThe United States' commitment to reduce GHG emissions 61–66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035 is a call to action for what needs to be delivered in the coming years.
- Updates from the Grant Recipients of the Edwards Coal-Fired Plant SettlementIn June 2024, NRDC’s Edwards Clean Air Act settlement team spent three days in Peoria, Illinois, catching up with some of our 15 grant recipients and seeing the fruits of their work.
- EPA OKs California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards
- The Auto Industry's Can't-Do SpiritAutomakers should focus on supporting efforts that help maintain the United States's position as a global leader in transportation rather than resisting progress.
- New DOE Study Reveals LNG Exports Pose Major Risks
- Midwest Grid Operator Beats Its Own Record, but the Work Is Not Done YetThe largest transmission investment in U.S. history was just approved. It will deliver huge financial benefits, improved reliability, and increased grid access to new clean energy and batteries.
- 50th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Why Isn’t Drinking Water Safer?The law has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades and we've made progress, but the battle for safe water continues, with many water utilities fighting against better health protections.
- President Biden Designates Frances Perkins National Monument to Honor a Trailblazer in American HistoryThis designation recognizes Perkins’s important role in shaping the New Deal and advancing labor rights that continue to benefit millions of Americans today.
- Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone in the Aquarium of the World?!NRDC calls massive Saguaro LNG project in Gulf of California a transformational threat to biodiversity, an acceleration in the global tragedy of climate change.
- VA's Data Center Talk Must Get Real to Meet Big Tech's Climate GoalsVirginia's SCC has the authority—and Big Tech the obligation—to ensure a responsible data center buildout, one that doesn't break the bank or bust the climate.
- Lead Water Rules Challenged in CourtWater utility trade association seeks to block landmark rules to remove lead pipes.
- Midwest Electricity Grid Votes to Approve Historic Transmission PlanMidcontinent Independent System Operator moves to support rapid evolution of electricity generation and load with thoughtful transformation.
- COP29: Key Outcomes Signal Need to Deliver Greater Climate ActionThe COP29 climate meeting in Baku was a contentious meeting. Despite these dynamics, countries delivered three key things.
- How EPA Rollbacks Will Cost Us—in Dollars and LivesA deregulatory agenda will be just as damaging to our economy as it will be to our climate and health.
- EPA Takes Landmark Step to Protect Public from Cancer-causing Toxic Chemical
- EPA to Release First National Study of Water Affordability ChallengesReport to Congress will spotlight solutions for safe AND affordable water.
- New Arctic Oil-Drilling Lease Sale OK’d
- Choosing a Home with Climate Change in MindWorried about how your new place will hold up in the face of extreme weather? Here’s what to look out for before you settle down.
- FERC Order Sets Aside Approval of CP2 LNG
- Feasting on the Glut: Putting Renewable Curtailment in ContextNegative wholesale electricity prices and renewable curtailment in California sure seem alarming. The truth, however, is that money isn’t being wasted.
- Welcoming the EPA’s New Lead in Tap Water Rule: An OverviewThe rule is a legacy accomplishment that will help to protect tens of millions of people across the nation who are drinking lead-contaminated water.
- Report: Harmful Pesticide Contamination Rampant in Minnesota WatersA new report documents widespread “neonic” pesticide contamination in Minnesota waters, with dire implications for aquatic life.
- How to Deliver the New Climate Finance GoalAt COP29 in Baku, governments agreed to a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance. Now the focus turns to delivery.
- We Are Here to Make a Difference: Our Litigators Are at the ReadyNRDC’s attorneys will continue our time-tested tactics to defend public health and the environment from future federal attacks.
- Assessing Global Effectiveness of Supply-Side Interventions for EVsA review of global evidence in support of supply-side interventions and their applicability in India.
- Cars Are Getting Cleaner, Saving Drivers Money, Report Shows
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Advances Critical Habitat Protection for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebees
- Rollins Picked to Lead USDA
- COP 29: Countries Agree to Increase Investments for Developing World to Confront Climate Crisis
- Oregon Acts on Carbon Cap-and-Trade But by Administrative RuleAdd Oregon to the list of states adopting greenhouse gas reduction regulations aimed at reducing emissions statewide.
- A Dirty Detour: How Industry Pushback Puts EV Infrastructure At RiskRegulatory certainty drives infrastructure readiness; supporting ACT ensures utilities can plan for and meet growing ZEV demand.
- Oregon Doubles Down on State Climate Leadership
- General Assembly Poisons Disaster Recovery Efforts with Political Power Grabs
- New Group of Countries Unite to Set World on Straight Line to Net Zero Emissions
- New Report: Next Steps for CA's Gas TransitionA new white paper from Energy + Environmental Economics offers California utility regulators key next steps for securing an affordable transition off of gas.
- Historic U.S. Protections Proposed for Africa's Vanishing Giraffes
- Judge Rejects Youngkin’s Attack on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Environmental Justice at Risk Under Project 2025For those of us who worked in federal agencies during the Trump administration, we understand how such restructuring is intended to not only paralyze the government—its goal is to oppress those with less power.
- U.S. Delivers on Commitment to Support Developing Countries on Climate
- Lutnick Picked to Lead Department of Commerce
- Colorado’s New Transportation Vision Raises the Bar for State LeadershipColorado's governor has released a new vision for reducing emissions from transportation, with a focus on expanding transportation options for all residents.
- Duffy Picked for Transportation Department
- Wright Picked to Lead Department of EnergyWright is an oil-industry executive who has denied the impacts of climate change.
- Countries Discuss the HFC-23 Blind Spot and More at 36th Montreal Protocol MeetingThe meeting concluded with multiple important decisions that will help advance protection of the ozone layer and our climate.
- Caltrans Secures $32 Million for Concrete Decarbonization ProgramsFederal Highways Administration funding could help Caltrans unlock emission reductions from concrete and asphalt used in state transportation infrastructure.
- "One-man Misinformation Superspreader" RFK, Jr. to Be Nominated for HHS
- Industry's Not-So-Golden Plan for California's ForestsGolden State Natural Resources’ draft environmental impact report spells danger for forests, climate, and communities.
- Progress on Forests at COP29 and Beyond Depends on EquityMeeting the world's 2030 forest targets requires addressing one of forest governance's most insidious flaws: a lack of accountability for the Global North.
- NRDC Settlement Requires Cal. to Reckon with Treated Seed LoopholeCalifornia could become the first state to regulate pesticide-treated seeds, a massive and largely unchecked source of widespread pesticide pollution.
- Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Pesticide-Treated Seeds with California AgencyCA Department of Pesticide Regulation to propose regulations addressing pesticide-treated seeds as part of finalized settlement agreement
- New Map Shows Syracuse Lead in Tap Water Hot SpotsSyracuse city officials downplay extraordinarily high levels of lead in city drinking water.
- India’s Road To and From the Baku Climate TalksHighlights of India’s climate actions in 2024 and a look at key issues at COP29 in Baku
- As COP29 Opens After Consequential Election, U.S. Must Seize Economic Opportunity to Lead
- From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29: Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy on FinanceLooking closely at last month's United Nations biodiversity summit gives clues on what to expect at the big U.N. climate conference kicking off in Baku.
- Raising the Bar: India’s Push to Increase Ambition on Climate FinanceWhat does India expect and what to expect from India at the upcoming climate finance negotiations in Baku
- Expanding the Massive Benefits of a Decade of Western Grid IntegrationWestern electricity market turns 10 years old and surpasses $6 billion in savings.
- We’ll Stand Up for the Environment and Public Health
- How Melting Ice Affects People and the PlanetAcross the world, thawing landscapes, seascapes, and freshwater reserves are reshaping environments and lives for the communities that rely on them.
- Building Capacity to Address Intensifying Heat in Rajasthan, IndiaNRDC and NDMA are continuing a joint initiative to further prepare Indian cities for climate warming.
- Syracuse Fails to Show Drinking Water Is Safe from Lead
- The Once in a Generation Chance to Fix Corporate Emissions ReportingThe world’s largest corporate climate reporting standards are getting a makeover. Watch out for a new corporate loophole posing as a climate solution.
- Putting Maintenance Dollars to Work for Greener StreetsBy ensuring that routine road maintenance projects include complete streets elements, we can build a transportation system that protects people and the planet.
- EPA Confirms Two More Neonics Imperil Endangered SpeciesThe U.S. EPA released analyses showing that two neonic pesticides pose grave risks to imperiled species, rounding out EPA's review of the five neonics.
- Smart Energy Transition Policymaking Needs Better Mineral Demand DataSparse nation-level insights and inconsistent scenario designs leave U.S. policymakers ill-equipped to make responsible decisions on energy transition minerals.