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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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How the Biomass Industry Sent “Sustainability” Up in Smoke

Expert BlogUnited StatesSasha Stashwick

Biomass proponents argue that so long as trees are sourced “sustainably,” policymakers can ignore these impacts. The reality is that their sustainability claims simply greenwash climate pollution and forest destruction.

The Conniving at the EPA Has Gotten Kafkaesque

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
The agency aims to stop citizens from challenging pollution permits—while continuing to allow challenges from polluters who want to pollute more.

Our Public Lands Must Be Part of the Climate Change Solution

Expert BlogAlison Kelly, Briana Mordick
The fossil fuels found on our public lands are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Instead of addressing this problem, the Trump administration is downplaying or outright ignoring it to benefit the oil, gas, and coal industries.

California Enacts Major Utility Wildfire Reforms

Expert BlogAlex Jackson
The California Legislature overwhelmingly approved a sweeping measure that responds to the catastrophic wildfires over the past two years that took 139 lives, reduced the town of Paradise to ashes, caused more than $36 billion in damages, and left the…

The Charmin Forever Eyeroll

Expert BlogShelley Vinyard
There’s a lot for a Millennial to be worried about in 2019, between floods and wildfires from climate change and staggering species loss. But having to change the toilet paper roll? That’s probably not keeping us up at night. Read…

The Climate Crisis Requires That We Move Away from Gas

Expert BlogSheryl Carter, Bobby McEnaney
Natural (or “fossil”) gas, so long thought of by many as a bridge fuel to a clean energy future, needs to be replaced as fast as possible with cleaner, no-emissions solutions, given the climate crisis facing us.

EPA Throws Another Boon to the Pebble Mine

Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer
The agency announced plans to withdraw its 2014 proposed determination that, if finalized, would have placed commonsense restrictions on the Pebble Mine.

As EPA Dismantles the CPP, NRDC Is Prepared to Fight Back

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
The Trump EPA has finally issued its irresponsible rulemaking repealing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with a do-nothing rule that will produce only minor reductions in power plant carbon pollution, if any at all. With the climate crisis…

Back to the Future: New Jersey Rejoins RGGI Climate Program

Expert BlogBruce Ho
New Jersey will soon breathe easier thanks to Governor Phil Murphy’s fulfillment of a promise to rejoin the groundbreaking pollution-cutting program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after an eight-year hiatus.

Michigan Integrated Resource Plan Primer

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
Planning is one of the most important exercises you can do to bring any vision or goal to life. That’s why 2016 Michigan energy law kickstarted a cycle of required long-term energy planning for utilities like Consumers and DTE called…

DTE IRP: Find Out What It Means to MI

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
On the heels of the ambitious and recently approved Consumers Integrated Resource Plan, we shift to look at how DTE’s IRP compares and what it will mean for the state.