News & Commentary

North Carolina's Bad Decision on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

January 25, 2018 Expert BlogAmy Mall

FERC to Revisit Outdated Pipeline Review Process

January 19, 2018 Expert BlogMontina Cole

The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently announced plans to review its decades-old approach for evaluating proposals for interstate gas pipelines. The announcement came just weeks after the release of a groundbreaking report commissioned by NRDC…

Zinke vs. Coastal Governors

January 16, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCaroline Craig

These states don’t want any part of the Interior secretary’s scheme to drill in our oceans.

Controversial New Pipelines May Slice Through the Southeast

January 16, 2018 DispatchVirginia, West Virginia, North CarolinaRobynne Boyd

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline—and the Mountain Valley Pipeline, with a similar path—could tear up land and negatively impact people throughout Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.

Will Calling Out Indiana’s Super-Polluting Power Plants Lead to a Cleanup?

January 8, 2018 DispatchIndianaSusan Cosier

A recent study found that the state is home to four of the country’s most polluting power plants. But elected officials won’t even show up to hear their constituents’ concerns about it.

As Trump Moves to Expand Offshore Drilling, He Proposes Shrinking Safety Protections. What Could Go Wrong?

January 5, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Eight years after the BP disaster in the Gulf, the administration aims to relax the rules designed to prevent catastrophic explosions and spills.

Comment Now on Trump’s EPA Attack on Our Health

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogClare Morganelli

Scott Pruitt’s attempt to repeal the Clean Power Plans endangers the health of all Americans—but it’s not too late to make your voice heard.

Cold Temps Prove Value of Electricity Grid Markets, Planning

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogJohn Moore

Much of the country is in the grip of frigid weather, which is increasing demand for electricity (but still less than during hot summer months).

NJ Nuclear Issue: Assembly Speaker Bests Chris Christie

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogDale Bryk

In a startling turn of events, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto just refused to advance a rushed bill that would have subsidized currently thriving New Jersey nuclear plants indefinitely, to the tune of $300 million-a-year.

Trump Moves to Open 90 Percent of Our Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling

January 4, 2018 Expert BlogRhea Suh

The administration’s new five-year offshore drilling plan puts polluter profits over the public good—and risks another BP oil spill–style disaster.

Merry Fracking Christmas

January 3, 2018 Expert BlogBriana Mordick

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officially repealed the 2015 rules that govern fracking on public lands.

Will NJ Lawmakers Give Governor Christie a Nuclear Goodbye Gift?

January 2, 2018 Expert BlogDale Bryk

The state’s electric customers may be forced to pay a bigger utility bill to keep something they already have.

Fighting Fossil Fuels in New York: What to Expect in 2018

December 29, 2017 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

A brief overview of 2017’s fossil fuel-related victories in the Northeast, and a preview of the work that still needs to be done in 2018.

Our Grid Needs to Go on a Diet to Get Leaner and Greener

December 28, 2017 Expert BlogJennifer Chen

Many regions of the United States have overbuilt and retained too many power plants, which can be detrimental to their owners, consumers, clean alternatives like wind and solar power, and flexible resources like energy storage and demand response (compensating customers…

Coal Bailout Will Undermine Illinois Future Energy Jobs Act

December 27, 2017 Expert BlogToba Pearlman

Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Out of Canada's Control

December 21, 2017 Expert BlogJames Blair

The Alberta tar sands have become synonymous with global climate change, but their production process wreaks destruction across a huge region of North America’s boreal forest.

This Start-Up Has Figured Out How to Turn Diesel Pollution Into Art

December 20, 2017 PerspectivesUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Graviky Labs keeps air pollution from entering our lungs by capturing carbon and turning it into ink.

This Is How We Stand Up to Trump

December 20, 2017 NRDC in ActionUnited States, Washington, D.C., Utah, Michigan, CaliforniaNicole Greenfield

Meet a handful of the NRDC staffers who resisted Trump’s attacks and defended our environment in 2017—and who won’t stop fighting anytime soon.

Zinke’s Latest Gift to Big Oil: Suspending Methane Waste Safeguards

December 19, 2017 Expert BlogNRDC

A coalition of groups, including NRDC, are suing the Trump administration for rolling back these important protections.

New Jersey’s Nuclear Bailout Explained: First Look

December 15, 2017 Expert BlogDale Bryk