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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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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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NY Anti-Wind Bill Could Hurt Clean Energy Economy

Expert BlogNew YorkSneha Ayyagari, Jackson Morris

The New York State Assembly should reject Assembly Bill A.9053A, which would unfairly prohibit state funding for wind power facilities in six large areas near the Fort Drum military reservation in Jefferson County, New York. This bill is completely unnecessary…

Legislation Introduced to Remedy Diablo Canyon Decision

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The California Senate majority leader today joined with an Republican Assemblymember to introduce bipartisan legislation to remedy multiple shortcomings in the recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision related to the retirement and replacement of California’s last nuclear power plant.

Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Seek to Modernize Mobility

Expert BlogBruce Ho
Who hasn’t had a day ruined by a traffic jam or a delayed train, bus, or subway when trying to get their kids to school, get to work, or get home? Seven Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C. are…

Clean Energy Is Key to New England’s Fuel Security

Expert BlogBruce Ho
To the extent the New England grid operator's recent fuel security analysis proves anything, it is that continued deployment of clean energy will improve grid reliability and reduce fuel security risks.

Diverse Coalition Sets Forth Vision for FERC Power Markets

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
Seeking to fix growing problems with certain wholesale electricity markets, an unusual coalition of rural-cooperative and publicly-owned electric utilities, industrial and commercial customers, consumer advocates, renewable energy organizations, and NRDC have joined together in support of a set of principles…

Electric Grid Resilience and FERC: What Happens Next?

Expert BlogJohn Moore
On March 9, the nation’s regional grid operators are poised to tell their regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—what they are doing about grid “resilience” and what, if anything, FERC should do about it.

Climate Action Makes (Business) Sense for U.S. Utilities

Expert BlogSheryl Carter, Elisheva Mittelman
Michigan’s DTE Energy recently pledged to reduce carbon pollution by more than 80 percent by 2050. Another Michigan utility, Consumers Energy, committed to phase out coal generation over the next two decades and generate at least 40 percent of its…

2017 Clean Energy By the Numbers: A State-by-State Look

Expert BlogAmanda Levin
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released its year-end 2017 energy figures, detailing electricity production, use, and costs at a state-level. How clean is the energy in your state? NRDC explores which states are leading the pack on wind…

NY Spurs Community Solar by Upping Project Size Threshold

Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari, Miles Farmer
In a win for solar power in New York, the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) released an order expected to encourage more communities to pursue shared solar projects by increasing the maximum size of community solar projects eligible for credits…

FERC Storage Rule a Win for a More Flexible Grid

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency overseeing the competitiveness of the wholesale electricity markets and high-voltage interstate transmission grid operators, has finalized a rule that reduces barriers to electric storage resources to compete in those markets. Electric storage resources…

4 Reasons for Optimism in New Sustainable Energy Factbook

Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari
The 2018 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook showed that 2017 was a landmark year in energy efficiency and renewable energy: wind and solar installations surged and greenhouse gas emissions declined to the lowest level that they have been in 25…

Calling on Michigan Climate and Clean Energy Mayors

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
Over 600 Michigan residents are pushing their Mayors to sign on to a letter asking the Public Service Commission if building a one billion dollar gas plant is necessary, when cleaner, cheaper options are available.

NRDC, EEI Recommendations Will Spur Clean Energy Progress

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
At the close of a lively debate before the nation’s utility regulators, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) today released a joint statement supporting new utility policies to accelerate America’s transition to a clean…

No Love for Grid Operator's Latest Costly Market Proposal

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
PJM, the electricity grid operator serving 65 million customers in 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and the District of Columbia, is deciding whether it will again override its own stakeholders to propose yet another controversial and expensive electricity market rule…