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The 2022 Department of Energy budget bill advanced by a Senate panel last week makes encouraging steps in funding DOE's vital clean energy programs, but the allocations proposed fall short of the transformational budget we need to jumpstart clean energy…

Cutting emissions from our power grid is going to require a lot more transmission lines. And, I mean, a lot.

NRDC and our allies filed a brief today urging the Supreme Court to decline to review the D.C. Circuit’s January decision striking down the Trump EPA’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) and its do-nothing replacement, the so-called Affordable…

More than 40 years ago, Congress told Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to do a better job of ensuring that the public had a say in its decisions. The nation’s top energy regulator never did, and, as a result, landowners…

Atlanta's decision to create a Clean Energy Advisory Board (CEAB) is an admirable and savvy step that will set the city up for success in its goal to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2035.

One of the foremost challenges that the California Public Utilities Commission faces in developing a new net energy metering policy, called NEM 3.0, is to ensure that rooftop solar continues to grow sustainably in California as required by law.

Decarbonizing the power sector in Missouri will benefit all electricity consumers and contribute to a healthier and more livable climate. This can be 

For the millions in rural India striving to righten their lives after the crushing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening climate crises, clean energy skills and trainings can be a lifeline.

We must act now to establish the policies to get there while supporting the economic recovery with newly created jobs and public health benefits that will make for healthier people and communities throughout the nation.

American Cities Climate Challenge partners release a new resource for cities looking to dramatically cut energy use in existing buildings, an essential reference guide developed from the real-world experience of cities at the forefront of advanced building policy.

Deliberate policies are needed to ensure priority communities have access to these high-paying, upwardly mobile careers.

A new resource from Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), Equity and Buildings: A Practice Framework for Local Government Decision Makers, builds on the expertise of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led (BIPOC) organizations to help local practitioners center equity in…

The Department of Energy budget bill advanced Friday by the House Appropriations Committee includes important provisions to improve the agency’s critical clean energy programs, but the funding levels fall short of the bold increases necessary to catalyze clean energy innovation…

Any legislation on infrastructure must address the backlog of repairs, the challenge of the climate crisis, and the inequities in our transportation system.

The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) approved a petition from CleanAIRE NC and the NC Coastal Federation (represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center) to have North Carolina begin rulemaking to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Ambitious action on climate change carries huge potential for job creation. Done correctly, it can be leveraged to expand economic opportunity for people of color and others long excluded from career-track employment. 

Transitioning to EVs in India is a major opportunity for revving up the economy, spurring job growth, improving air quality, and reducing carbon emissions. Although electric vehicles are cleaner even with conventional grid power, pairing them with renewable energy can…

HB 951 is a giveaway to Duke Energy and natural gas.

HB 2021, Oregon’s “100% Clean Electricity” bill just approved by the legislature and sent to Governor Brown’s desk for signing, aligns with New York for the most aggressive state clean electricity goal in the country—zero greenhouse gas emissions in the…