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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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We CAN Solve America’s Traffic Nightmare

Expert BlogAmanda Eaken
As L.A. residents lose an average of 104 hours to traffic every year, the city is exploring a supply-and-demand payment system for using congested roads.

Hurricane Harvey Hampers Mental Health Care

Expert BlogJuanita Constible
More than half of the 40 million American adults with a mental health condition don’t have access to care at the best of times. Hurricane Harvey will make that worse.

Trading Coal Plants for Solar Farms in India

NRDC in ActionIndiaNicole Greenfield
Senior attorney and India program director Anjali Jaiswal leads a small team that’s accomplishing big things in one of the world’s most polluted countries.

Hurricane Harvey: Another American Deluge

Expert BlogUnited StatesRhea Suh

As we lend our immediate support to Gulf Coast communities, we must also protect people from such future disasters by addressing infrastructure, safety measures, flood policies, and climate change.

CA Chlorpyrifos Announcement Leaves Communities at Risk

Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
On Friday, California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) made big promises to address the risk from the pesticide chlorpyrifos—found to threaten children’s health, especially in agricultural communities—but delivered little in the way of real protections.

Missing from U.S. & Mexican NAFTA Plans: People & the Planet

Expert BlogAmanda Maxwell
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement –NAFTA—has been an international topic of discussion and conjecture for many months. That conversation will shift from speculation to substance when negotiators from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. sit down for…

State Lawmakers Support Strong Federal Efficiency Standards

Expert BlogKit Kennedy
Federal energy efficiency standards help us heat, light and cool our homes; run our businesses; and use more electronic devices while also lowering our energy bills and slashing greenhouse gas and other forms of air pollution.

Huge Climate Opportunity If RGGI Governors Step Up

Expert BlogBruce Ho, Jackson Morris
The governors of nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states are about to make a momentous climate decision: how much power plant pollution they’re going to cut, and how fast they’ll cut it.

In Solidarity with Charlottesville

Expert BlogRhea Suh
The hatred and intolerance have no place in this Virginia town or anywhere else. We stand alongside those who stand for equality, justice, and civil rights for all.

NY Begins Exploring Pricing Carbon in its Electricity Market

Expert BlogJackson Morris
Imagine what would happen if the utilities buying the electricity to power our homes and businesses had to pay more for it depending on how much carbon pollution the power plants supplying the power pumped into the atmosphere.

Divided DC Circuit Panel Sets Back HFC Transition

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dealt a setback yesterday to the EPA’s efforts to cut emissions of the powerful heat-trapping gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The court’s ruling scrambles a wide…