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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Steering EV Integration Forward

Expert BlogUnited StatesPamela MacDougall

Can our grid handle every home having an electric vehicle? The answer is a resounding yes, and the results will be cleaner air and lower prices for California customers.

Justice Warrior on the Affordable Energy Front

NRDC in ActionVirginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New YorkKaren L. Smith-Janssen
Dawone Robinson is righting the inequities that low-income communities of color face in accessing the benefits of energy efficiency—like more comfortable homes and lower energy bills, for starters.

Campaign Pushes for Fresh, Local Food at Dollar General

Expert BlogAlbuquerque, New MexicoSara Imperiale, Margaret Brown

A delegation from the Campaign for Healthier Solutions attended the 2019 Dollar General shareholder meeting to insist that Dollar General phase out toxic chemicals from its consumer products and source locally grown, fresh produce to better protect the health of…

Financial Services Committee Passes Flood Insurance Reform

Expert BlogJoel Scata
Today, the House Committee on Financial Services passed a bill with wide bipartisan support to move the NFIP towards meeting the challenge of better protecting the nation from the realities of climate change.

DTE IRP: Find Out What It Means to MI

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
On the heels of the ambitious and recently approved Consumers Integrated Resource Plan, we shift to look at how DTE’s IRP compares and what it will mean for the state.

Michigan Integrated Resource Plan Primer

Expert BlogAriana Gonzalez
Planning is one of the most important exercises you can do to bring any vision or goal to life. That’s why 2016 Michigan energy law kickstarted a cycle of required long-term energy planning for utilities like Consumers and DTE called…

Keystone XL Gets a Win—But the Fight Goes On

Expert BlogJosh Axelrod
President Trump's disregard for the U.S. legal system and checks and balances succeeds for a day--but the fight to stop Keystone XL is just getting started.

DOE Proposes Appliance Efficiency Testing Loophole

Expert BlogJoe Vukovich
This proposal has the potential to create real chaos in DOE’s appliance efficiency program, which currently saves consumers an average of $500 a year while simultaneously curbing harmful air pollution.

A Vision for Midwest Zero-Carbon Power Starts to Take Shape

Expert BlogSamantha Williams, Christina Chen
Commitments to deeply decarbonize electric power production, from Minnesota to Indiana, have been on the uptick in the Midwest in recent months, and make up a significant proportion of the overall national transition. Thankfully, leaders across the region are taking…

The Natural Gas Industry Has a Methane Problem

ExplainerUnited States, LouisianaJeff Turrentine
Oil and gas operations leak this potent greenhouse gas far more than previously thought, and (par for the course) the Trump administration is making the situation worse.

After Broad Run, FERC's GHG Policy Is on Thin Ice

Expert BlogGillian Giannetti
The DC Circuit fired a warning shot this week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with gas pipeline projects. The court rejected the core legal arguments that underpin the agency’s policy…

Important Week for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts

Expert BlogJackie Iwata
The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is poised to decide the fate of America’s first marine national monument in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean: the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

G20 in Japan: Time for PM Abe to End Support for Coal Plants

Expert BlogHan Chen
If instead Prime Minister Abe continues using Japan’s taxpayer money to subsidize inefficient Japanese coal equipment manufacturers, then he risks being branded a hypocrite who writes platitudes in the Financial Times about Japan’s climate commitments, while financing dirty coal plants…