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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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RGGI Report: Less Pollution Drives Billions in Health Gains

Expert BlogJackson Morris
The pioneering cap-and-invest program to cut carbon pollution from the power sector in nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states has created $5.7 billion in health savings throughout the region and in neighboring states.

Cuomo Pledges to Lead on Climate, Cut RGGI Cap 30% by 2030

Expert BlogJackson Morris
The good, clean-energy news from New York State just keeps coming. In his January 9th State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced support for offshore wind power and cutting the carbon pollution cap that's part of the Regional…

Gov Delivers: Indian Point to Close, Clean Energy Advances

Expert BlogJackson Morris, Kit Kennedy
The troubled and aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, located 24 miles north of New York City, will be closed by April 2021, with no increase in carbon emissions, thanks to strong advocacy by New York's Governor Cuomo, other elected…

RGGI’s Year-end Review: Climate Progress with More to Come

Expert BlogJackson Morris
In 2016, the states that make up the Northeast's and Mid-Atlantic's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative not only continued to cut carbon pollution, they also made great strides in clean energy and modeled new ways to improve this pioneering program that…

A Good Year for Solar Energy in India

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra
As 2016 comes to a close, India, striding ahead on the path to clean energy development, has reached an important milestone. The total installed solar power capacity has crossed 10 gigawatt (GW), a thousand-fold increase from 0.01 GW in 2010…

NY Auction Shows Bright Future for U.S. Offshore Wind Power

Expert BlogKit Kennedy
After 33 rounds of bidding, offshore wind power developer Statoil Wind US LLC has won the leasing rights to the offshore New York Wind Energy Area with a bid worth more than twice that of all the other U.S. offshore…

States Have Legal Authority to Lead on Clean Energy

Expert BlogJackson Morris, John Moore
NRDC filed a “friend of the court” brief on December 9th to support New York State in defending against a legal challenge that could have an impact on the right of New York and other states to adopt policies to…