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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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Constitution Pipeline Blocked!

Expert BlogKimberly Ong
In a victory for New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld New York State's decision to block the Constitution Pipeline, a 124-mile natural gas pipeline intended to carry fracked gas from the Marcellus shale fields in Pennsylvania to…

The Department of Energy Is Failing to Do Its Job

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to provide —“effective management of energy functions of the Federal Government…and observe policies consistent with a coordinated energy policy, and to promote maximum possible energy conservation measures…” as its first core function…

Perry’s DOE Study Has Little Power to Shape the Grid

Expert BlogJohn Moore, Miles Farmer
Anticipation is building in advance of the release of a study ordered by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry to examine “critical issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electric grid.” It is more likely to end…

The Budget Is an Oil-Filled Trojan Horse

Expert BlogFranz Matzner
Congress' budget process allows it to push through deeply unpopular provisions could not otherwise muster 60 votes—like opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Opposition to Offshore Drilling Comes in Bipartisan Wave

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams, Franz Matzner
The communities, people and businesses that rely on healthy coasts will defend their way of life against the federal government’s shameful readiness to put oil industry profits over people yet again.

Suspending Methane Protections: Unauthorized & Unwarranted

Expert BlogUnited StatesLissa Lynch, Lucy LaFlamme

Our health and our planet depend on the critical climate and air quality protections at issue in the EPA's recently-issued proposals, and we do not have time to put them on hold.

NRDC Sues Over Rollback of Waste Standards for Public Lands

Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma
The Department of the Interior acted illegally when it yanked the first-ever limits on methane waste and pollution for oil and gas operations on our public lands, according to a lawsuit NRDC and our partners filed today.

Trump Admin Tears up Drilling Plan: Eyes Opening our Coasts

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
The Trump administration has announced that early next week it will launch the planning process for a new Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, with the goal of effectively tearing up the Obama Administration approved program…

Court Sides with FERC, Against Consumers and Clean Energy

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of controversial new rules for America’s largest power market. We are disappointed because these rules unnecessarily funnel money from electricity consumers to fossil and nuclear power plants…