News & Commentary

Salt of the Earth, Courtesy of the Sun

January 30, 2019 NRDC in ActionGujarat, India

By powering their pumps with solar energy instead of diesel, Indian salt farmers are investing in their own brighter futures.

The Path to Climate Justice Is Intergenerational

January 30, 2019 DispatchNew York CityNicole Greenfield

And this team of Brooklyn-based grassroots activists helping to hold the world’s five largest investor-owned fossil fuel producers to account isn’t easily intimidated.

Why Benchmarking Is Critical for Saving Energy in China

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogChinaBarbara Finamore

Over two-thirds of existing buildings in China are energy inefficient; this energy consumption accounts for about one-fourth of the country’s total CO2 emissions. Fortunately, Shanghai’s Changning District is now focusing on tackling this issue: China’s first building energy efficiency benchmarking…

New Mexico Executive Action: Racing to Top on Climate

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogNoah Long

New Mexico's new governor signed a nation-leading executive order comitting the state to action on climate change.

Road Pricing Can Fix Traffic and Inequities

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogCarter Rubin

New report from TransForm and NRDC puts equity at the center of the congestion pricing conversation.

NRDC Sues U.S. DOT as the Gateway Project Stalls

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogScott Slesinger

NRDC has filed suit as the White House appears to be delaying the environmental review process to slow down an important project the President opposes—rebuilding the tunnel under the Hudson River.

Governor Lujan Grisham Powers Up New Mexico's EV Market

January 29, 2019 Expert BlogDr. Simon Mui

Women, Skills and Green Economic Growth in India

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal

New Fast Food Beef Pledges Don’t Measure Up to McDonald’s

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogLena Brook

Will State Agencies Let CA's Bay-Delta Estuary Get Trumped?

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi

On January 31, the Trump Administration is scheduled to release its new proposal for the operations of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project under the Endangered Species Act (known as a biological assessment). It’s widely expected that…

Bristol Bay Crossroad: National Treasure or the Pebble Mine

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Army Corps of Engineers unreasonably accelerates permit process despite requests from Bristol Bay communities for more time, stable project plan, and missing information about reckless mine proposed for headwaters of world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.

The Carolinas Face a Climate Trifecta: Floods, Fire, and Heat

January 28, 2019 DispatchNorth Carolina, South CarolinaRobynne Boyd

The National Climate Assessment’s outlook for the two coastal states is daunting, but local leaders are starting to dig in for a fight.

Trump’s “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule: A Dirty Lie

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogUnited StatesJohn Walke

By rigging the system for how emissions are measured, Trump’s EPA would let coal-fired power plants spew even more pollution than they do already.

Community Solar for IL’s Environmental Justice Communities

January 28, 2019 Expert BlogSamuel Garcia

Climate Change Is Already Driving Mass Migration Around the Globe

January 25, 2019 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

To ignore this fact—as the Trump administration insists on doing—is to hamper U.S. foreign policy.

Community Left in the Dark about Well Blowout

January 25, 2019 Expert BlogBriana Mordick, Damon Nagami

India Green News: 2018 India's Sixth Warmest Year on Record

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

2018 was sixth warmest year in India's recorded history: IMD; 74% of India’s new power capacity addition In 2018 was renewables; Ahmedabad civic body budget jumps by 30%, focus on pollution, cleanliness

Bristol Bay Coalition Rejects Pebble Mine’s Claim of Support

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogJoel Reynolds

Pebble’s efforts to woo support for reckless mining scheme fail to persuade broad-based local opposition.

We Made It Only Two Days Into the New Year Before a Species Went Extinct

January 24, 2019 Latest NewsHawaiiJason Bittel

Hawaiians will never again hear the song of George the Snail. The fate of Achatinella apexfulva is a cautionary tale of decorative gardens, imported cannibals, and snail sex (or lack thereof).

Academics Converge on Low-Income Upgrade Solution

January 24, 2019 Expert BlogMaria Stamas

Mobilizing significant energy and health upgrades to substandard, low-income housing has long vexed policymakers and advocates alike. But two major publications released last week set a path forward.