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A woman shopping for frozen fruit in a Walmart store in Coquitlam, Canada.

Not Cool: How the EPA’s Refrigerant Rollback Will Raise Your Grocery and AC Costs

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Dr. Richie Kaur, Jeremy Arling
NRDC and industry are suing over cost-raising delays in moving away from HFC super pollutants in supermarkets and cold storage warehouses.
A protester holds up a sign at a Stand up For Science rally held at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York City, on March 7, 2025.

Political Control of Research Funding Threatens Sound Science

Expert BlogUnited States
Decades of federal research funding have led to breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and environmental science. A new OMB proposal aims to derail all of this through political interference.
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corporation, speaks during a climate initiative event at the Microsoft Corp. campus in Redmond, Washington, on January 16, 2020. Microsoft unveiled plans to invest $1 billion to back companies and organizations working on technologies to remove or reduce carbon from the earth's atmosphere, saying efforts to merely emit less carbon aren't enough to prevent catastrophic climate change.

The Carbon Removal Market Can Work—If We Build It Right

Expert BlogUnited StatesSam F. Savitz, Dr. Jennifer DiStefano
The CDR industry’s reliance on Microsoft shows the limits of voluntary climate action—and the need for government to do its part. It’s time to take the trash out of our atmosphere.
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Rising Demand, Real Choices

Expert BlogIowa, United StatesKit Kennedy, Dr. Matthew McKinzie

The planned reopening of a nuclear reactor in Iowa highlights the challenges around meeting rapid electricity demand growth without falling back on dirty fossil fuels.

Road Testing Electric Mobility in Rural India

Expert BlogIndiaSameer Kwatra, Charlotte Steiner
Owning a two-wheeler in villages is not just for transportation, it is a symbol of independence, providing economic freedom and improved access to markets and small businesses.  As India strives to meet transportation needs in rural areas, there is a…

Ceiling Fans as an Energy Efficient Cooling Solution

Expert BlogIndiaSameer Kwatra, Prima Madan, Charlotte Steiner
For more than 1 billion people, ceiling fans are the primary way to keep cool during hot Indian summers, particularly in rural or low-income areas where affordability is a significant factor. While only about 6-8% of households have air conditioners, over…