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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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Will California Lead on Pollution-Free Construction?

Expert BlogPierre Delforge
California's 2022 CEC state building code update should unleash a cleaner, cheaper, and faster way to build homes, helping to mitigate the climate crisis and alleviate our state’s housing affordability challenges.

Ending Carbon Pollution: The Energy Efficiency Imperative

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
A recommendation for America to “invest in energy efficiency and productivity” leads a new blueprint for “Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System” by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. This is the latest confirmation of a resounding…

Seattle Gets Most Fossil Fuels Out of New Large Buildings

Expert BlogUnited States, Washington, SeattleElizabeth Stampe

Seattle’s City Council just voted unanimously to pass strong updates to the city’s building energy code that will significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels in new buildings.

Cincinnati Empowers Building Owners to Go Green

Expert BlogEmily Barkdoll
Cincinnati is working toward equitable energy access in residential buildings through a new small-grants initiative to encourage building owners to make energy-efficient upgrades to multifamily buildings, specifically those with low-income tenants.

Utility Accountability: How Do Utilities Make Money?

Expert BlogUnited StatesJ.C. Kibbey

Our grid hasn’t kept up to its potential—and it's holding back our development of clean energy and the deployment of the innovative, clean technologies. Too often, utilities are incentivized to build too much of things we don’t need and not…

Gas Interests Threaten Local Authority

Expert BlogUnited StatesAlejandra Mejia Cunningham, Kimi Narita
Efforts to strip local communities of decision-making authority over the health impacts and cost of their future homes and buildings have been introduced in several state legislatures. If adopted, these bills could hamstring local government’s ability to lead in the…

Latest Game Consoles: Environmental Winners or Losers?

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
The latest Xbox and PlayStation gaming consoles are out, and NRDC's initial testing indicates their annual energy will likely increase in most cases, depending on how the user sets them up and operates them.

National Momentum for Equitable Building Decarbonization

Expert BlogUnited StatesAlejandra Mejia Cunningham, Merrian Borgeson, Pierre Delforge
2020 was the year many truly understood the need to make racial and economic justice central to how we fight against the climate crisis with community partners, including reducing the carbon emissions from our buildings.

Colorado Climate Action: Home Alone Edition

Expert BlogColoradoAriana Gonzalez
With the holiday season upon us and the new year just around the corner, now is the time to plan for next year’s climate action priorities. And what better plan than one inspired by the holiday classic Home Alone.

Energy Efficiency: Ohio's Hospitals and Low-Income Residents

Expert BlogOhioDaniel Sawmiller
Ohio's Hospitals and low-income residents have benefit greatly from energy efficiency programs. Still, Ohio lawmakers may choose to eliminate these programs and increase the energy burden—and electric bill—for both.

Customers Need Debt Relief: Commissions, Utilities Can Help

Expert BlogUnited StatesSheryl Carter
With millions of Americans drastically behind on their energy and water utility bills, no additional federal assistance on the horizon, and moratoria on utility shutoffs expiring, the United States is facing a deepening economic and public health crisis.

NRDC Energy Report: Slow & Steady Won’t Win the Climate Race

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalAmanda Levin, Sophia Ptacek
NRDC’s Eighth Annual Energy Report digs into U.S. energy trends over the last two years to understand how our energy system has changed since our last report, where we may be headed, and what it all means for the worsening…