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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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Weakening Carbon Standards for Coal Plants Is Unjustified

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
EPA recently issued an unjustified and irresponsible proposal to dramatically weaken carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired power plants. Here are my remarks for EPA's public hearing on the proposed rule.

Public Lands’ Fossil Fuels & Climate Change

Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg
Fossil fuel production has been an unmitigated environmental disaster for our public lands and waters. Coal mining and oil and gas drilling have irreparably despoiled millions of acres of oceans and lands, contaminated water supplies, dirtied the air, and brought…

Nuclear Power and Pennsylvania's Competition Act

Expert BlogMark Szybist
Although it’s less well-known than the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 (AEPS), Pennsylvania’s 1996 Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act may be the state’s most important energy law. Legislators are currently focused on amending the AEPS to…

Jeopardizing Michigan’s Climate and Health Outlook

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
Michigan’s House voted against Governor Whitmer’s executive order that would better position the government to protect the health and safety of families across the state. The move is more than tone deaf, it’s dangerous, especially as NRDC’s new report underscores…

The Desire to Stop Canadian Tar Sands Transcends Borders

NRDC in ActionAlberta, Canada, Nebraska, Chicago, IllinoisNicole Greenfield
For more than a decade, NRDC has worked with indigenous communities in Alberta, U.S.-based grassroots groups, and intergovernmental bodies to halt the expansion of dirty tar sands oil.

We Need Our Federal Workers on the Job

Expert BlogJohn Bowman
Our public servants undertake many tasks that we don’t often notice: They clear ice off the roads in national forests and ensure the local toxic Superfund site is being cleaned up; they inspect our drinking water systems and make sure…

Pipeline Incident Statistics Reveal Significant Dangers

Expert BlogUnited StatesAmy Mall

The US needs to stop the fossil fuel epidemic and transition as quickly as possible to clean energy sources that do not leak, spill, or explode, and will help protect our clean air, clean water, communities, and wildlands.