FERC Can't Just Check the Climate Box
In its order approving the Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal, FERC announced a "new approach" for considering the direct greenhouse gas effects of LNG facilities. FER...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
McNamee Should Recuse Himself in FERC Resilience Dockets
The Natural Resources Defense Council today joined with other organizations in formally asking new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Commissioner Bernard McN...
Reliability Experts to FERC: Focus on “No Regrets” Actions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held its annual conference on electric system reliability this week. Unsurprisingly, the topic of resilience was...
NRDC, 61 Other Orgs to FERC: Reform Gas Pipeline Reviews
NRDC, the Sustainable FERC Project (in which NRDC is a member), and 60 other public interest organizations sent a clear message this week to the Federal Energy...
The Coal/Nuke Bailout, or DOE’s Game of Whack-A-Mole
If it feels like you've been reading about a potential federal bailout for America's aging and uneconomic coal and nuclear plants for a long time, you're not wr...
The Coal and Nuclear Bailout Memo: Recycled Idea, New Hat!
The Trump Administration has made no secret of its desire to prop up coal and nuclear plants for political purposes and today the White House made it abundantly...