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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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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.

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…

National Energy Use for TV Set-Top Boxes Down by 23 Percent

Expert BlogNoah Horowitz
More than 90 million U.S. households have one or more set-top boxes connected to their televisions and these boxes from service providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Dish Network nationally consume lots of electricity every year. But a new report released…

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…

House GOP Energy Vision Almost As Blind As Trump’s

Expert BlogMarc Boom
On June 27th, House Republicans released an unacceptable Energy and Water appropriations bill that should dispel any belief that the GOP-run Congress will somehow stop reckless spending cuts in the Trump era.

Michigan Mayors, Legislators, Utilities Say Act on Climate

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
President Donald Trump may have called for a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, but Michigan’s cities, businesses, and universities have announced their intent to fulfill the agreement goals anyway.

Court Sides with FERC, Against Consumers and Clean Energy

Expert BlogJennifer Chen
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of controversial new rules for America’s largest power market. We are disappointed because these rules unnecessarily funnel money from electricity consumers to fossil and nuclear power plants…

Every Threat to Energy Efficiency Under Trump

Expert BlogNRDC
Energy efficiency—also known as optimizing our energy use or not wasting energy—is one of America’s most successful energy policies, yet it faces an unprecedented threat from President Trump and some fellow Republicans in Congress.