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North Carolina’s New Outlook on Climate Resilience

Expert BlogRob Moore
Two catastrophic hurricanes hit North Carolina between 2016 and 2018. These storms prompted Governor Cooper to initiate a comprehensive assessment of the state’s vulnerability to climate change and the increasing frequency and magnitude of disasters that are resulting.

Midwest Floods: The World at One Degree of Warming

Expert BlogRob Moore
The Midwest floods are an example of how climate change is already outpacing our nation’s ability to adapt to the consequences. This “adaptation and resilience gap” will grow, even under the best-case climate change scenarios if we don't start to…

Disaster Zones Solar Panel Exemption Would Hurt Homeowners

Expert BlogPierre Delforge
During workshops on rebuilding in Paradise, community members overwhelmingly expressed support for adhering to current building standards that require solar panels on most new homes. As well they might – rooftop solar is a cost-effective tool for creating safer, more…

Expanding Resilience to Fight Brutal Heat Across India

Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal, Dr. Kim Knowlton, Dr. Vijay Limaye
Brutally hot weather is a major health threat in India and many other parts of the world because climate change is fueling more frequent, intense, and longer heat waves. In response to this mounting threat, cities and regions across India…

Opportunity Zones Can Assist Just & Equitable Transitions

Expert BlogUnited StatesJulia Prochnik, Roger Baneman
Opportunity zones can offer access to new streams of capital investment in communities experiencing job loss due to fossil fuel plant closures, enabling these communities to develop new businesses and employment opportunities.

How to Do High Road Infrastructure: 10 Lessons from L.A.

Expert BlogLos AngelesDouglass Sims

In honor Infrastructure Week, guest blogger Dena Belzer, CEO of Strategic Economics reports out on her conversation with Cris Liban of LA Metro, on lessons learned for planning, designing, building and operating High Road infrastructure.

L.A. Takes a Fresh Look at Recycled Water

DispatchLos AngelesLauren Evans
Facing dwindling freshwater supplies, the city is ready to stop dumping millions of gallons into the Pacific—and to follow Orange County’s lead.

Govs. Murphy and Cuomo: Block the Williams Pipeline

Expert BlogKimberly Ong
Pressure is building for New Jersey and New York State to block a controversial fracked gas pipeline known as the Northeast Supply Enhancement, or Williams, pipeline. NRDC sent comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Conservation, urging them to…

Colorado: Support a Just and Equitable Transition via Securitization

Expert BlogJulia Prochnik
A just and equitable transition is possible with political support, investment, and community involvement. Utility securitization can be a prescription for lowering energy costs and a useful financing tool to help fund a just and equitable transition to clean energy…

Climate Adaptation: A Growing Priority for NRDC

Expert BlogJuanita Constible, Rob Moore
NRDC experts are headed to National Adaptation Forum this week, one of the most important gatherings of climate adaptation professionals in the United States.