In Memory of Professor Alex Farrell
We at NRDC will sorely miss Professor Alex Farrell , who died at his home in San Francisco last Sunday. Alex worked with a number of NRDC staff, helping to...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
California Air Resources Board ZEV decision puts us on the road to solving global warming
This election season, the issue of “just words” has been hotly debated. Do words like “zero emissions” matter when it comes to solving pollution problems? Of...
EPA Denies Waiver but does not dispute California program is better than CAFE
On Leap Day, EPA announced a giant leap of logic. EPA finally released its explanation for denying California permission to implement its landmark Clean Cars...
Two Science articles make it clear why we need California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Yesterday, my colleague, Nathanael Greene , blogged on the implications of two articles that appeared in Science Magazine that highlight the risks of expanding...
GM’s Tahoe Hybrid Wins Green Car Award: Just because it’s a hybrid, doesn’t mean its green
Does a SUV that emits more than twice as much pollution as the greenest car deserve to be called the “green” car of the year? In a controversial decision last...
GM's New Electric Car: Great, But Not in Itself a Winning Business Strategy
GM is on a roll again, a green PR roll. But does the sum of the company's technology strategy add up to viable business strategy in a world going green? Even...