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Vice President Harris announced a set of initiatives and investments to deliver energy assistance and home weatherization improvements to millions in need.

There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to crafting inclusive food waste prevention messaging. Philadelphia worked with community-based organizations to run community focus groups to better understand the biggest barriers to preventing food from becoming waste in local communities.

Pakistan is one of the five most climate vulnerable nations, evidenced by floods that claimed over 1,500 lives, injured over 12,000, and displaced up to 30 million people in August. In November, global leaders head into COP 27, where the…

The United States Congress fell short on prioritizing investments in Indigenous communities through the bipartisan infrastructure law. Now it’s up to the USDOT, tribal leaders, and all fifty states to do so instead.

With the new rollout of the Inflation Reduction Act, which stands as the most significant federal government action on climate change in history, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development created an opportunity for advocates to be seen…

Roughly 535 Indigenous people die every year from vehicle crashes, at a rate significantly higher than other racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

If you don’t have an HPWH, chances are, your water heater is one of the most inefficient appliances in your home. Gas tank water heaters are only 25 to 60 percent efficient, meaning many waste more than half of the…

Yessenia Balcazar of Southeast Environmental Task Force and Courtney Hanson of People for Community Recovery join us for part one of our Building Decarb Q&A series

October 23–29 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week—let’s use the opportunity to take action.

This week, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS), NRDC, and Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), organized a workshop on Policy and Intervention for Women in Renewable Energy. The aim was to…

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved new Load Management Standards today that will make electricity cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable statewide. This first-in-the-nation move will also reduce air pollution and spur innovation of new electric technologies to help California reduce…

New NRDC analysis, released today, finds that the IRA's clean electricity tax credit package will reduce climate-warming emissions all while reducing Americans’ electricity bills, creating hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs, and scaling home-grown clean energy solutions.