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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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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.

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Accelerating Clean Energy for All in India

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra
As India celebrates 70 years of its independence, solar energy is changing lives by accelerating clean energy access for all – solving energy poverty and climate change at the same time. In 1947, the newly independent country had about 1,500…

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.

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.

How Will the Eclipse Affect Solar Power?

Expert BlogJulia Prochnik
The bad news: Solar energy could be interrupted in parts of the United States for up to three hours during times of peak generation—or peak demand. The good news: Our electric grid and its skilled operators are ready.

The Department of Energy Is Failing to Do Its Job

Expert BlogDr. David B. Goldstein
The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to provide —“effective management of energy functions of the Federal Government…and observe policies consistent with a coordinated energy policy, and to promote maximum possible energy conservation measures…” as its first core function…

Tighter Pollution Cap Could Get RGGI States $3.2B Extra

Expert BlogJackson Morris, Bruce Ho
The nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states that comprise the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative can gain $3.2 billion in clean energy funding by choosing the most ambitious power plant pollution cuts now under consideration for the next phase of their pioneering…

Perry’s DOE Study Has Little Power to Shape the Grid

Expert BlogJohn Moore, Miles Farmer
Anticipation is building in advance of the release of a study ordered by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry to examine “critical issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electric grid.” It is more likely to end…

Harris Amendment Imperils Offshore Wind Jobs

Expert BlogKit Kennedy
An amendment inserted into the 2018 House Interior-EPA spending package could imperil Maryland's first two offshore wind projects. Congress should ensure this damaging amendment does not become law.

California Leads Off: Now RGGI Must Grab the Climate Baton

Expert BlogJackson Morris, Bruce Ho
Thanks to historic legislation enacted this week, California has offered the RGGI governors the climate baton. It’s up to these governors from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic now to reach out, grab it, and continue to push the pace.

The Budget Is an Oil-Filled Trojan Horse

Expert BlogFranz Matzner
Congress' budget process allows it to push through deeply unpopular provisions could not otherwise muster 60 votes—like opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Calif. Climate and Air Quality Bills: Give and Take Works

Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff
Leaders in California’s capitol this week announced a package of two bills to extend the state’s breakthrough cap-and-trade climate program and to get real about cutting local air pollution in communities suffering from traffic and industrial pollution.

India Green News: India Will Implement Paris Pact & More

Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

India Will Implement Paris Climate Pact in Letter and Spirit: PM Narendra Modi; Tangedco Evacuates 5,079 MW of Wind Power, Sets National Record; CPCB Plans to Roll Out Action Plans for Air Pollution in Non-Attainment Cities

Western Regional Energy Markets: Synergies and Differences

Expert BlogCarl Zichella
A new fact sheet released by a coalition of organizations (including NRDC) supporting a western integrated grid not only seeks to help unpack the policy choices Californians face, but also makes the case for a regional approach to renewable energy…

Learn How NYS Can Scale Up Offshore Wind, at 3 Public Events

Expert BlogKit Kennedy
As offshore wind power becomes ever more of a reality along the East Coast, interested New Yorkers have the opportunity to learn more about New York State’s Offshore Wind Master Plan at three public information sessions on Long Island this…