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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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Michigan Leads Midwest in Rural Clean Energy Boom

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
A new NRDC report shows that clean energy makes up a greater share of jobs in the rural places in Michigan than in any other Midwestern state, with 1 out of every 24 rural jobs in clean energy industries.

Despite Dire Climate Reports, Trump’s EPA Drags Us Backward

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
Lately just about every other week there’s both a new scientific report warning about the urgent dangers of climate change and a new proposal from the Trump administration rolling back climate protections. Today, Trump’s Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler released…

Clean Energy Progress in America’s Electric Sector in 2018

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
Americans are paying less of their incomes for electricity and breathing cleaner air as 2018 draws to a close (electricity bills represent less than 1.5 percent of average household income, the smallest share since 1955). And just this week, a…

New Report: Clean Energy Sweeps Across the Rural Midwest

Expert BlogArjun Krishnaswami
NRDC released a report today to document the impact of clean energy on the rural Midwest. The findings are clear: the remarkable clean energy growth that we are seeing across the country is bringing benefits to rural places throughout the…

All Eyes on China's Clean Energy Leadership

Expert BlogChinaBarbara Finamore

As climate studies grow more urgent and the Trump administration continues to undermine climate action, all eyes are on the world’s biggest country—and currently its biggest polluter—to model the way forward.

Will China Save the Planet?

NRDC in ActionBeijing, ChinaNicole Greenfield
Barbara Finamore, NRDC’s senior strategic director for Asia, witnessed the birth of China’s clean energy movement. Her new book considers its future.

Clean Transportation Is the Northeast’s Next Frontier

Expert BlogBruce Ho
A new report from twelve Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C. shows that residents are clamoring for clean and modern transportation solutions. States in the region are gearing up to do something about it.

Ramping up Renewables in India: What Lies in Store

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra
Renewable energy is at an all-time high in India, contributing 13.4% of the total power generation in August 2018, and growing. Solar and wind, the two main renewable energy sources, while low-cost, and unlimited, are intermittent by nature. Energy storage…

FERC Must Preserve States’ Right to Affordable Clean Energy

Expert BlogAda Statler, John Moore
NRDC and a coalition of clean energy and consumer advocates just joined stakeholders in the country’s largest electricity market, PJM, in submitting comments in a proceeding that will determine the future of state-supported clean energy across the 13-state region.

New Mexico Needs a New Strong Renewable Energy Standard

Expert BlogNoah Long, Amanda Levin
After years of stagnation in energy policy in New Mexico, the time is right for a boost to New Mexico’s clean energy economy. Getting to 50 percent renewables by 2030 is an obvious first step towards a clean energy future…

NRDC to EPA: Scrap the Dirty Power Plan, Strengthen the CPP

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
NRDC submitted extensive public comments strongly opposing the Trump EPA’s irresponsible proposal to cancel the groundbreaking Clean Power Plan and replace it with a deeply flawed dirty power plan that will result in more power plant carbon pollution, harming public…

Seven Midwest Winners Announced in City Climate Challenge

Expert BlogKatharine McCormick
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Natural Resources Defense Council and partners today announced that St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Columbus are among the 20 winning cities in the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge. These Midwest cities join eight…

What Exactly Do Green Banks Do? This Database Will Tell You

Expert BlogBettina Bergöö
While it’s increasingly well known that green banks are a way to mobilize that capital, there hasn’t been a resource for understanding exactly how they do it on the transaction level—until now.