2020 Laid Groundwork for Bold Climate Action in 2021
In 2021, the U.S. has a critical opportunity to avert an even worse climate crisis, by building off of the lessons of 2020, which points to a more unifying appr...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Three Key Takeaways from House Climate Crisis Action Plan
The House of Representatives’ Special Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has finally released its long-awaited plan to tackle the climate crisis. It’s a...
Climate Is Both Biggest Risk and Biggest Opportunity
The warning signs on the disruptive effects of climate change are now blinking bright yellow, with the latest signal coming last week from the global financial ...
Ten Years to Act Is Ten Years Too Late
I still sometimes hear that we have ten years to act to avert dangerous climate change. This misleading concept was first popularized by the press as "12 years...
2019 in Review: Clean Energy Winning, But Not Fast Enough
Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2019 Climate & Clean Energy Developments This week, 12 states and the District of Columbia proposed a plan to cap...
Climate Change Drives the Politics of Climate Change
Opening Remarks for the Milken Institute 2019 Global Conference panel: “If We Do Nothing: Earth’s Climate at the Tipping Point."...