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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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New Lighting Standards Kick In, But Some Still In Limbo

Expert BlogLauren Urbanek
Schools, hospitals and offices across the country will start saving money on their utility bills as a result of the new energy efficiency standards for fluorescent tube lights going into effect Friday. With more than 2 billion of these bulbs…

Last GOP Govt Shutdown Hurt Real People—This One Could, Too

Expert BlogScott Slesinger
For at least half of his presidency, Donald Trump has itched for a budget impasse to force the government to close. “Our country needs a good shutdown,” he said last spring, to fix what he labeled a “mess” in Congress.It…

Diablo Canyon Closure Decision Missing Critical Elements

Expert BlogPeter Miller
The historic proposal to retire and replace California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, was mostly rejected today in a final decision unanimously adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which removed critical elements protecting the climate, plant…

California Takes 5 Steps Toward Energy Equity

Expert BlogMaria Stamas, Isaac Sevier
The Energy Efficiency for All coalition marks 5 clean energy milestones that have resulted in more than $1 billion in new investment in low-income communities in California.

Another Manganese Threat to Chicago’s Southeast Side

Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma
In the latest chapter on neurotoxic manganese threatening a Chicago residential community, recently revealed inspection reports show that the City of Chicago and EPA inspectors uncovered alarming problems with industrial dust pollution this past fall, at yet another facility handling…

Our Grid Needs to Go on a Diet to Get Leaner and Greener

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
Many regions of the United States have overbuilt and retained too many power plants, which can be detrimental to their owners, consumers, clean alternatives like wind and solar power, and flexible resources like energy storage and demand response (compensating customers…

Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Out of Canada's Control

Expert BlogJames Blair
The Alberta tar sands have become synonymous with global climate change, but their production process wreaks destruction across a huge region of North America’s boreal forest.

The Year of Living Courageously

Expert BlogShelley Poticha
It is precisely because 2017 was such a challenging year in our field that I feel a sense of accomplishment and momentum as we face the future of sustainable and resilient communities.

This Is How We Stand Up to Trump

NRDC in ActionUnited States, Washington, D.C., Utah, Michigan, CaliforniaNicole Greenfield
Meet a handful of the NRDC staffers who resisted Trump’s attacks and defended our environment in 2017—and who won’t stop fighting anytime soon.

Michigan Energy Package One Year Anniversary

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
It’s been one year since the Michigan legislature came together to support a vision for an affordable, reliable, and clean energy future. To celebrate PA 341 and PA 342’s anniversary and recap what has felt like Christmas year round, I…

RGGI States Set a New Standard for Climate Action in 2017

Expert BlogBruce Ho
This has been a productive year for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which in August agreed to slash carbon pollution at least 30 percent further from Northeast and Mid-Atlantic power plants.