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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.
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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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Climate Migration and Equity

ExplainerInternational, United StatesNicole Greenfield
Inequality influences who can stay in climate-vulnerable locales and who can leave and thrive elsewhere. The world needs a plan that supports those climate refugees who can’t do either.

Delta Voluntary Agreements Are a “Plan to Fail” in Droughts

Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi
Rather than planning for droughts and ensuring that minimum water quality objectives are achieved in critically dry years, the proposed voluntary agreement appears to be a “plan to fail” to protect the Delta in future droughts.

What to Look for at the First National Heat-Health Meeting

Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible
At the first-ever National Meeting of the National Integrated Heat Health Information System, practitioners from across the country will discuss how to keep America safe from deadly heat.

Running on Empty: Is California Doing Enough on Drought?

Expert BlogCaliforniaTracy Quinn
Pacific Institute’s report, Untapped Potential, shows communities are using less water, even with an increase in population. The report also shows that we still have significant opportunities to continue to improve water efficiency and develop cost-effective supplies.

Honey, the VAs Shrunk the Delta Flows

Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi
Since the State Water Resources Control Board began its public process to update the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan in 2008, the amount of water proposed for the Bay-Delta environment has continuously shrunk.

Climate Change at the Doctor’s Office

PerspectivesUnited StatesPrasanna Vankina, Teniope Adewumi-Gunn
Dr. Cheryl Holder helps her patients and fellow physicians find holistic solutions to coping with the intertwined impacts of sickness and climate change.

Managing Climate Risks to Protect the Financial System

Expert BlogUnited StatesAlfonso Pating
Federal regulators have responded to the call from NGOs and senators alike to consider climate risk in bank oversight. This is good news for investors, banks’ stability, and our economy.

Biden’s Budget Elevates Heat Protections for Workers

Expert BlogUnited StatesJuanita Constible
Budget constraints have imperiled OSHA’s mission “to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for workers” throughout its 50-year history and the president’s proposed budget starts to correct this.

Biden Budget Meets the Moment on Global Climate Investments

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalJake Schmidt, Brendan Guy
Congress should rally to realize this blueprint, including to rebuild confidence after its recently approved budget with anemic international climate investments.

NRDC Testifies on Banking and Climate Risks

Expert BlogNew York, United StatesRich Schrader
NRDC testifies about the unique and impactful role that the banking and financial services sector can play in combatting the global climate crisis.

Drought Shows that CA’s Water Rights System Is Bankrupt

Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi
The only way out of this cycle of destruction—other than praying for rain, which is not a strategy—is to reduce water deliveries and diversions in order to maintain adequate carryover storage in Shasta and upstream reservoirs this year.

US International Climate Finance Fails to Rise to the Moment

Expert BlogInternational, United StatesJake Schmidt
The final funding allocation falls pitifully short of what is needed to make a real difference in mobilizing necessary climate action and supporting the most vulnerable countries. This short-changed investment leaves the U.S. severely lacking the leadership the world needs…

Climate Report Confirms Housing Is Essential to Adaptation

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalSam Whillans
The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirms what housing advocates and activists have long known: healthy, decent, affordable, sustainable housing must be at the core of the climate transition.

IPCC: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Is Essential, Not Optional

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalRob Moore

Climate change has already locked in almost a foot of sea level rise by 2050 and more in the decades beyond. All levels of government in the United States need to recognize the peril they face and act accordingly.