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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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Don’t Let Offshore Drilling SpOIL Coastal National Parks

Expert BlogUnited StatesJacob Eisenberg

Thanks to the Trump Administration’s proposed offshore drilling plan, 68 coastal National Parks abutting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and around Alaska and Florida’s coasts could now face that same harm, according to a new report by NRDC and the…

Reno’s Green Building Awards Celebrates Efficiency Leaders

Expert BlogKatharine McCormick
The City of Reno held its first annual Green Building Awards celebrating the accomplishments of local leaders in building energy efficiency. Nearly a hundred community and building representatives attended the May 8th event at the Grove, a local LEED Certified…

The South Is Warming Up to Solar

DispatchGeorgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, MississippiRobynne Boyd
In the past five years, solar capacity in the South has increased nearly thirtyfold.

State Clean Energy Laws Make New England Grid More Resilient

Expert BlogBruce Ho
The New England power grid is growing more reliable and resilient thanks to state renewable energy and energy efficiency laws that are reducing the region’s dependence on natural gas and other imported fossil fuels.

Worried About Grid Resilience? Don’t—You Can Sleep Well

Expert BlogGillian Giannetti
NRDC, Sustainable FERC Project, and 15 other organizations wrote the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today arguing that Rick Perry's warning of an impending energy resilience nightmare is just that: a dream out of touch with reality.

What’s Resilience? It’s Not More Fuel or Higher Prices, PJM

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission early this year rejected the Department of Energy proposal that would have further subsidized coal and nuclear power plants, and instead opened a new proceeding to investigate the concept of resilience on the interstate transmission…

Avoiding Another California Electricity Crisis

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
The adage about history not repeating itself but rhyming is inescapable in the California debate about potentially ruinous financial liabilities facing electric utilities in the aftermath of disasters worsened by climate change, such as last fall’s wildfires and mudslides. And…

Timely Warning from California's Public Utilities Commission

Expert BlogRalph Cavanagh
Almost a quarter century has passed since a staff report for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) paved the way for an ill-fated electricity restructuring initiative that led to chaos and blackouts in 2000-2001, leaving painful memories that are still…

Metro Charts New Course with 2028 Strategic Plan

Expert BlogCarter Rubin
LA Metro is making crystal clear what needs to be done to make L.A.’s transportation system more sustainable, healthy and equitable—and to help our county be more livable for us all.

Grid Resilience Efforts Should Focus on Customer Benefits

Expert BlogJohn Moore, Gillian Giannetti
A new report by three prominent energy experts correctly says that the focus of "resilience" should be on electricity customer needs. Those customer needs lie primarily on the distribution system—not the high-power grid.

AEP Ohio Plugs Midwest into Nation’s EV Movement

Expert BlogAloysius Makalinao
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) has approved an American Electric Power (AEP) Ohio electric vehicle (EV) program that will deploy up to 375 charging stations across the Buckeye State over the next four years.

Victory! Feds Ordered to Reinstate Updated CAFE Penalties

Expert BlogUnited StatesIrene Gutierrez

In a win for consumers and the environment, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of NRDC, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, and overturned a Department of Transportation attempt to indefinitely delay penalties on automakers for…