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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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The Global AI Buildout Needs Energy Transition Guardrails

Expert BlogInternational, United StatesShruti Shukla

The data center pressures seen in the United States and Europe are likely to spread as digital infrastructure expands worldwide. Countries need guardrails to avoid fossil lock-in, protect communities, and keep costs from rising.

California on the Frontlines

Expert BlogCaliforniaVictoria Rome

The state legislature leads the way with new health and environmental bills.

The President Is Putting Oil First and America Last

Expert BlogUnited StatesManish Bapna

Instead, the government should be coming up with reforms that deliver projects—such as clean energy and infrastructure—that actually make life better for people and communities.

Unprecedented: Pennsylvania’s RGGI Repeal

Expert BlogPennsylvaniaRobert Routh

What does this action mean for the state's climate policy, especially given the governor's recent package of energy bills and rising electricity prices across the region?

Building Data Centers Without Breaking PJM

Expert BlogEast, MidwestTom Rutigliano

Unless data centers are required to bring their own capacity, the region faces declining reliability and billions in excess costs.